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NONMETAL

\nˌɒnmˈɛtə͡l], \nˌɒnmˈɛtə‍l], \n_ˌɒ_n_m_ˈɛ_t_əl]\

Definitions of NONMETAL

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1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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