nonmetal
[`nɑn'mɛtl.]
n. 非金属

[] 非金属

[医] 非金属



nonmetal
[ noun ]

1. a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties

<noun.substance>

[ adj ]

1. not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

<adj.all>
nonmetallic elements

Nonmetal \Non"met`al\, n. (Chem.)
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.