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PRONUNCIATION OF NONMETAL

nonmetal  [nɒnˈmɛtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONMETAL

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Nonmetal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NONMETAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nonmetal

In chemistry, a nonmetal or non-metal is a chemical element which mostly lacks metallic attributes. Physically, nonmetals tend to be highly volatile, have low elasticity, and are good insulators of heat and electricity; chemically, they tend to have high ionisation energy and electronegativity values, and gain or share electrons when they react with other elements or compounds. Seventeen elements are generally classified as nonmetals; most are gases; one is a liquid; and a few are solids. Moving rightward across the standard form of periodic table, nonmetals adopt structures that have progressively fewer nearest neighbours. Polyatomic nonmetals have structures with either three nearest neighbours, as is the case with carbon, or two nearest neighbours in the case of sulfur. Diatomic metals, such as hydrogen, have one nearest neighbour, and the monatomic noble gases, such as helium, have none. This gradual fall in the number of nearest neighbours is associated with a reduction in metallic character and an increase in nonmetallic character. The distinction between the three categories of nonmetals, in terms of receding metallicity is not absolute.

Definition of nonmetal in the English dictionary

The definition of nonmetal in the dictionary is any of a number of chemical elements that form negative ions, have acidic oxides, and are generally poor conductors of heat and electricity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NONMETAL


abettal
əˈbɛtəl
fettle
ˈfɛtəl
gunmetal
ˈɡʌnˌmɛtəl
heavy-metal
ˈhɛvɪˈmɛtəl
kettle
ˈkɛtəl
metal
ˈmɛtəl
mettle
ˈmɛtəl
nettle
ˈnɛtəl
nu-metal
ˌnjuːˈmɛtəl
petal
ˈpɛtəl
presettle
priːˈsɛtəl
prometal
prəʊˈmɛtəl
resettle
riːˈsɛtəl
settle
ˈsɛtəl
shtetel
ˈʃtɛtəl
teakettle
ˈtiːˌkɛtəl
unsettle
ʌnˈsɛtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONMETAL

nonmature
nonmeaningful
nonmeasurable
nonmechanical
nonmechanistic
nonmedical
nonmember
nonmembership
nonmental
nonmercurial
nonmetallic
nonmetaphorical
nonmetric
nonmetro
nonmetropolitan
nonmicrobial
nonmigrant
nonmigratory
nonmilitant
nonmilitary

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONMETAL

alkali metal
alkaline earth metal
base metal
bell metal
bimetal
death metal
expanded metal
fetal
filler metal
heavy metal
hot metal
platinum metal
precious metal
road metal
scrap metal
sheet metal
thrash metal
transition metal
type metal
white metal
yellow metal

Synonyms and antonyms of nonmetal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nonmetal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NONMETAL

Find out the translation of nonmetal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nonmetal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nonmetal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非金属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no metal
570 millions of speakers

English

nonmetal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधातु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللافلزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неметалл
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metalóide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nonmetal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non métalliques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bukan logam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nichtmetall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非金属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비금속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nonmetal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phi kim loại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nonmetal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमानांकित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ametal madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metalloide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

materiaĹ,Ăł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неметалл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metaloid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αμέταλλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonmetal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nonmetal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nonmetal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONMETAL»

The term «nonmetal» is normally little used and occupies the 118.825 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NONMETAL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONMETAL»

Discover the use of nonmetal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nonmetal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metal-to-Nonmetal Transitions
This book is devoted to nonmetal-to-metal transitions.
Ronald Redmer, Friedrich Hensel, Bastian Holst, 2010
2
Metal/nonmetal: Surface fatalities
These categories are surface metal/nonmetal mining; underground metal/ nonmetal mining; surface coal mining; and underground coal mining. The materials is this unit include illustrated abstracts (summaries) of all chargeable surface ...
United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration, 1993
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Fatal Accidents Involving Drowning at Coal and ...
This publication presents information on fatalities involving drowning that occurred in coal and metal/nonmetal mining operations from January 1 996 through December 1 999. It includes statistics for all of the fatalities, as well as abstracts and ...
‎1996
4
B016: Metal and nonmetal occurrences in Nevada
PART III CATALOGUE OF NONMETAL OCCURRENCES BY MINERALS The term mineral is used in its broader meaning here, including- such items as slate, shale, stone, etc. Thirty-nine minerals are listed, occurring in 208 localities ...
Carl Stoddard
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Fatal accidents involving contractors at coal and ...
This publication presents information on fatalities involving contractors that occurred in coal and metal-nonmetal mining operations from J anuaiy 1996 through December 1997. It includes statistics for all of the fatalities, as well as abstracts ...
United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration, 1998
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Coulombic Fluids: Bulk and Interfaces
Abstract Metal–nonmetal transitions in fluid systems are the subject matter of this chapter. It first deals with the limits of the metallic regime as given by the Ioffe– Regel rule and the Mott criterion for the breakdown of electronic screening.
Werner Freyland, 2011
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Disorder and Order in Strongly Nonstoichiometric Compounds: ...
4.2.1 NMR Studies of Short-Range Order The NMR method allows one to determine the mutual arrangement of interstitial atoms and structural vacancies in the nonmetal sublattice of nonstoichiometric compounds, i.e. it permits one to analyse ...
A.I. Gusev, A.A. Rempel, Andreas J. Magerl, 2001
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Combustion Efficiency and Air Quality
Covalent. Inorganic. Nonmetal. Azides. Inis C. Tornieporth-Oetting and Thomas M. Klapotke 1. INTRODUCTION Inorganic azides can be classified into (i) ionic salts (e.g., NaN3), (ii) heavy- metal azides (e.g., AgNv PbN3), and (iii) covalently  ...
István Hargittai, Tamás Vidóczy, 1995
9
Injury Experience in the Nonmetal Industries (except Stone ...
__ 4 3 Comparative fatal- and nonfatal-injury data for nonmetal mines in the United States, 1956 _____ __ 5 4. Comparative fatal- and nonfatal-injury data for nonmetal mines in the United States, 1957 _____ __ 6 5. Number of injuries at ...
‎1956
10
Principles of Brazing
The chosen metallization must obviously not be significantly soluble in the filler alloy or dewetting can occur if the molten braze erodes through it and comes into contact with the nonmetal. The design and application of metallizations that are ...
David M. Jacobson, Giles Humpston, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONMETAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nonmetal is used in the context of the following news items.
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MSHA mid-year report released
Two happened in underground metal and nonmetal mines, two at surface coal mines and eight in surface metal and nonmetal mines. «The Middlesboro Daily News, Jul 15»
2
MSHA Issues New Program Policy Letter on Workplace Exams
On July 22, 2015, MSHA issued a new Program Policy Letter (PPL) regarding workplace examinations at metal and nonmetal mines. The PPL ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
3
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 am EDT
MSHA says the deaths included eight in underground and surface coal mines, with the rest of the deaths occurring at metal and nonmetal ... «FireEngineering.com, Jul 15»
4
Summer Sippers: Beverages to quell summer heat
Add orange juice and refrigerate base mixture in a tightly covered nonmetal container. To serve, combine 1/2 cup of the chilled base with 1/2 ... «Baxter Bulletin, Jul 15»
5
Strain-induced magnetic evolution in phosphorene nanoribbons
Previous studies report that only O-saturated z-PNRs induce magnetism in their metastable systems, while other nonmetal elements do not ... «nanotechweb.org, Jul 15»
6
Platinum Alternative For Fuel Cells Could Facilitate Hydrogen …
The new nonmetal catalyst materials can produce hydrogen power with efficiency comparable to that of platinum, researchers report in the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
7
Discover skillet love
The way to preserve the seasoning is to use only wood or other nonmetal utensils. RE-SEASON. You'll soon learn to detect if your pan needs to ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»
8
My hate-love relationship with a skillet
The way to preserve the seasoning is to use only wood or other nonmetal utensils. RE-SEASON. You'll soon learn to detect if your pan needs to ... «Coos Bay World, Jul 15»
9
Iron-clad ambitions
“Our focus has been on some of the nonmetal and residual streams associated with the scrap we handle,” Carus says. Using end-of-life ... «Recycling Today, Jul 15»
10
MSHA issued 176 citations during May impact inspections
MSHA visited 10 coal mines and seven metal/nonmetal mines in Alabama, California, Kentucky, Illinois, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, ... «Aggregates Manager, Jun 15»

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