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Metalloid

Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.

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Nonmetal 84% connected

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…

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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…

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Nonmetallic 84% connected

Not metallic.

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Nonmetallic 84% connected

Not metallic.

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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Group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Alkalescency noun · 78% connection

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

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Alkalescent adjective · 78% connection

Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

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Alkalify verb · 78% connection

To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

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Alkaline adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

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Alkalinity noun · 78% connection

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

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Alkalization noun · 78% connection

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

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Alkalize verb · 78% connection

To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

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Ba noun · 78% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Barium noun · 78% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Basi- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

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Basic adjective · 78% connection

Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

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Borax noun · 78% connection

A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…

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