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

nitrogen group element 1

noundomain: substance

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English

Definition

any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.

Examples

1.The upper pnictogens, that is, nitrogen, phosphorus, and arsenic tend to form −3 charges.

Synonyms

Group 15 element 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.
pnictogen 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.
pnigogen 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.
pnictide 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.
pentel 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.
pnicogen 1
any chemical element that belongs to the nitrogen group.

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

bismuth 1

noun

a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals

nitrogen 1

noun

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

phosphorus 1

noun

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms