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 ]
[非金属 / 非金屬, fēi jīn shǔ, ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄨˇ]nonmetal, includes: carbon C 碳, nitrogen N 氮, oxygen O 氧, phosphorus P 磷, sulfur S 硫, selenium S 硒 (and others in some classifications)#38775[Add to Longdo]
[非金属元素 / 非金屬元素, fēi jīn shǔ yuán sù, ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ]nonmetal, includes: carbon C 碳, nitrogen N 氮, oxygen O 氧, phosphorus P 磷, sulfur S 硫, selenium S 硒 (and others in some classifications)[Add to Longdo]
[类金属 / 類金屬, lèi jīn shǔ, ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄨˇ]metalloid (chem.), element with properties intermediate between metals and nonmetals, usually taken to include Boron B 硼, Silicon Si 硅, Germanium Ge 鍺|锗, Arsenic As 砷, Antimony Sb 銻|锑, Tellurium Te 碲, Polonium Po 釙|钋 (sometimes also the halogen Astatine A[Add to Longdo]