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Definition of Nonmetallic
1. Adjective. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal. "Nonmetallic elements"
Definition of Nonmetallic
1. a. Not metallic.
Definition of Nonmetallic
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or having the properties of a nonmetal. ¹
2. Adjective. Not metallic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonmetallic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Nonmetallic
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1. Not metallic.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmetallic
Literary usage of Nonmetallic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"I nonmetallic LUSTER: Malachite; Prehnite; Smithsonite; Calamine; ... nonmetallic
LUSTER: Halite: Sylvite. The cleavage of Anhydrite (also of Cyro- lite) ..."
2. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1922)
"nonmetallic LUSTER: Pectolite; Natrolite; Scolecite; Thomsonite, and other Zeolites.
... Granular Cleavable.— METALLIC LUSTER: Galena. nonmetallic ..."
3. Dana's Manual of Mineralogy for the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the by James Dwight Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1912)
"luster and nonmetallic luster. A mineral having the appearance of a metal like
... nonmetallic Luster. Minerals with a nonmetallic luster are transparent to ..."
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