Chemical Element (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The periodic table organizes chemical elements by their atomic number and recurrences of chemical properties.
- Each chemical element is identified by its chemical symbol, which is always capitalized.
- Oxygen is a chemical element that is essential for human respiration.
- The discovery of new chemical elements has expanded the periodic table and our understanding of the building blocks of matter.
- Carbon is a versatile chemical element that forms a wide variety of compounds, including diamonds and graphite.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Atomic Number 2
- Atomic Number 5
- Element 112
- Atomic Number 6
- Atomic Number 8
- Atomic Number 7
- Element 110
- Element 111
- Element 109
- Element 113
- Atomic Number 1
- Atomic Number 9
- Atomic Number 18
- F
- C
- S
- Hahnium
- Atomic Number 94
- P
- Atomic Number 17
- Atomic Number 85
- Atomic Number 52
- B
- O
- Metal
- Pu
- Rg
- Br
- Kr
- Mt
- Md
- Ne
- N
- Bh
- Lr
- Si
- Ar
- No
- Te
- H
- Rf
- Sg
- I
- At
- Ac
- As
- Se
- He
- Xe
- Ds
- Db
- Ge
- Cl
- Mv
- Rn
- Hs
- Unq
- Uuh
- Uut
- Uup
- Uuq
- Uub
- Atomic Number 32
- Atomic Number 10
- Atomic Number 54
- Atomic Number 35
- Atomic Number 89
- Atomic Number 34
- Atomic Number 33
- Argonon
- Atomic Number 36
- Atomic Number 14
- Atomic Number 53
- Atomic Number 86
- Atomic Number 16
- Atomic Number 15
- Iodin
- Unnilquadium
- Atomic Number 103
- Atomic Number 114
- Atomic Number 102
- Atomic Number 113
- Atomic Number 101
- Atomic Number 112
- Atomic Number 104
- Atomic Number 115
- Atomic Number 107
- Atomic Number 106
- Atomic Number 105
- Atomic Number 116
- Element 106
- Inert Gas
- Element 107
- Element 108
- Atomic Number 109
- Sulphur
- Atomic Number 110
- Element 114
- Element 104
- Element 115
- Element 105
- Element 116
- Atomic Number 108
- Atomic Number 111