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chemical element

chemical element noun: any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.

Noun

chemical element (plural chemical elements)

  1. Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
    Synonyms:
    element
  2. A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

chemical element meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

chemical element in Hindi

any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
रासायनिक तत्व rāsāyanik tatva

chemical element in Tamil

தனிமம்

chemical element in Tagalog

any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
kapnaying mulangkap

chemical element in Arabic

any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
عُنْصُر كِيمِيَائِيّ ʕunṣur kīmiyāʔiyy
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chemical element in Malay
unsur kimia
chemical element in Persian
عنصر شیمیایی onsor-e šimiyâyi, آخشیج کیمیایی âxšij-e kimiyâyi
chemical element in Thai
ธาตุเคมี, ธาตุ tâat
chemical element in Vietnamese
nguyên tố hoá học

Synonyms of chemical element

Forms of chemical element

pluralchemical elements

Questions about chemical element

What does chemical element mean?
Chemical element means any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
What is chemical element in Hindi?
Chemical element in Hindi is रासायनिक तत्व (rāsāyanik tatva). See Chemical element meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chemical element?
Chemical element is a noun.
What is the plural of chemical element?
The plural of chemical element is chemical elements.

Words near chemical element in the dictionary

  1. chemical defenses
  2. chemical dependencies
  3. chemical dependency
  4. chemical dermatitis
  5. chemical ecology
  6. chemical element
  7. chemical elements
  8. chemical energies
  9. chemical energy
  10. chemical engine
  11. chemical engineer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemical element (page history and authors); chemical element (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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