chemical element

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymselement

   Broadersubstance

   Narrowerallotropetransuranic elementnoble gasmetallic elementnonmetaltransactinideactiniumargonarsenicastatine

   Partsatom

Questions about chemical element

What does chemical element mean?

chemical element means "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".

What is another word for chemical element?

Close synonyms include element. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chemical element a common word?

chemical element is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.