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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonmetal 
  adj  :  not  containing  or  resembling  or  characteristic  of  a  metal; 
  "nonmetallic  elements"  [syn:  {nonmetallic}]  [ant:  {metallic}] 
  n  :  a  chemical  element  lacking  typical  metallic  properties 




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