'Nonmetal' definitions:
Definition of 'nonmetal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements" [syn: nonmetallic, nonmetal] [ant: metal(a), metallic]
noun
A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
Definition of 'Nonmetal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]