Meaning

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

  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.

    chemisches Element

    хими́ческий элеме́нтximíčeskij elemént

    хімі́чний елеме́нтximíčnyj elemént

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Of how many chemical elements is water composed?

    Скільки хімічних елементів утворюють воду? — MaxUA

    ruСколько химических элементов образуют воду? — odexed

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  2. How many chemical elements do you know?

    ruСколько химических элементов вы знаете? — marafon

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  3. How many chemical elements are there in the world?

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  4. Chemical symbols are used to identify chemical elements.

    deChemische Symbole dienen der Kennzeichnung chemischer Elemente. — Espi

  5. He doesn't know the name of the chemical element Yb.

    Він не знає, як називається хімічний елемент Yb. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction:
Русский
By meaning 1
any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction:

Forms

plural: chemical elements

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in 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:element

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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