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 shǔㄈㄟ 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), See Also: 碳, 氮, 氧, 磷, 硫, 硒#38775
[非金属元素 / 非金屬元素, fēi jīn shǔ yuán sùㄈㄟ 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), See Also: 碳, 氮, 氧, 磷, 硫, 硒
[类金属 / 類金屬, lèi jīn shǔㄌㄟˋ 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, See Also: 硼, 硅, 鍺, 锗, 砷, 銻, 锑, 碲, 釙, 钋, 砹