chemical element

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[edit] Noun

Singular
chemical element

Plural
chemical elements

chemical element (plural chemical elements)

  1. (chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction. Chemical elements consist of atoms which have the same number of protons.

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