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chemical element

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Synonyms: element

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Synonyms: elementary substance, element

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: element

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: substance

Narrower terms: allotrope, transuranic element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon, metallic element, metal, nonmetal, transactinide, actinium, Ac, atomic number 89, argon, Ar, atomic number 18, arsenic, As, atomic number 33, astatine, At, atomic number 85, bohrium, Bh, element 107, atomic number 107, boron, B, atomic number 5, bromine, Br, atomic number 35, carbon, C, atomic number 6, chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17, darmstadtium, Ds, element 110, atomic number 110, dubnium, Db, hahnium, element 105, atomic number 105, fluorine, F, atomic number 9, germanium, Ge, atomic number 32, hassium, Hs, element 108, atomic number 108, helium, He, atomic number 2, hydrogen, H, atomic number 1, iodine, iodin, I, atomic number 53, krypton, Kr, atomic number 36, lawrencium, Lr, atomic number 103, meitnerium, Mt, element 109, atomic number 109, mendelevium, Md, Mv, atomic number 101, neon, Ne, atomic number 10, nitrogen, N, atomic number 7, nobelium, No, atomic number 102, oxygen, O, atomic number 8, phosphorus, P, atomic number 15, plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94, radon, Rn, atomic number 86, roentgenium, Rg, element 111, atomic number 111, rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104, seaborgium, Sg, element 106, atomic number 106, selenium, Se, atomic number 34, silicon, Si, atomic number 14, sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16, tellurium, Te, atomic number 52, ununbium, Uub, element 112, atomic number 112, ununhexium, Uuh, element 116, atomic number 116, ununpentium, Uup, element 115, atomic number 115, ununquadium, Uuq, element 114, atomic number 114, ununtrium, Uut, element 113, atomic number 113, xenon, Xe, atomic number 54, trace element

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  • Acehnese: drah kimia — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Arabic: عُنْصُر كِيمِيَائِيّ (ʕunṣur kīmiyāʔiyy) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Asturian: elementu químicu — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Bulgarian: химичен елемент (himičen element) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Catalan: element químic — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化學元素 /化学元素 (huàxué yuánsù) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Czech: chemický prvek — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Danish: grundstof — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Dutch: chemisch element — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Dutch: scheikundig element — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Esperanto: kemia elemento — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Finnish: alkuaine — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • French: élément chimique — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Galician: elemento químico — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Georgian: ქიმიური ელემენტი (kimiuri elemenṭi) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • German: chemisches Element — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Greek: χημικό στοιχείο (chimikó stoicheío) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Greenlandic: pinngoqqaat — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Haitian Creole: eleman chimik — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Hebrew: יְסוֹד כִּימֵי (yesód kimí) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Hindi: रासायनिक तत्व (rāsāyanik tatva) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Hungarian: kémiai elem — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Italian: elemento chimico — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Japanese: 化学元素 (kagaku genso) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Korean: 화학 원소 (hwahak wonso) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Latvian: ķīmiskais elements — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Malay: unsur kimia — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Mongolian: химийн элемент — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Navajo: áʼádaatʼéhígíí — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grunnstoff — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grunnstoff — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Persian: عنصر شیمیایی (onsor-e šimiyâyi) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Persian: آخشیج کیمیایی (âxšij-e kimiyâyi) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Polish: pierwiastek chemiczny — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Portuguese: elemento químico — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Romanian: element chimic — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Russian: хими́ческий элеме́нт (ximíčeskij elemént) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Serbo-Croatian: kemijski element — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Slovak: chemický prvok — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Spanish: elemento químico — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Swahili: elementi ya kikemia — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Swedish: grundämne — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Tagalog: kapnaying mulangkap — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Thai: ธาตุเคมี — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Thai: ธาตุ (tâat) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Turkish: kimyasal element — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Ukrainian: хімі́чний елеме́нт (ximíčnyj elemént) — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Vietnamese: nguyên tố hoá học — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction
  • Volapük: lömin — any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction