Hypernym

noun

any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

metalloid 1

noundomain: substance

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English

Definition

a chemical element with properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.

Examples

1.Amorphous metallic glasses are generally most easily prepared if one of the components is a metalloid or "near metalloid" such as boron, carbon, silicon, phosphorus or germanium.

Synonyms

semimetal 1
a chemical element with properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.

Hyponym

antimony 1

noun

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

arsenic 2

noun

a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

astatine 1

noun

a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

boron 1

noun

a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder

germanium 1

noun

a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite

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