transition element

English

Noun

Wikipedia transition element (plural transition elements)

1. (chemistry) any of the group or metallic elements that have an incomplete inner (d) electron shell; they have multiple valencies and form coloured compounds and stable complex ions; the elements scandium to copper and those lying below them in the periodic table

Usage notes

• The elements zinc, cadmium and mercury are sometimes included in this group.

Synonyms

• transition metal

Hyponyms

transition elements

scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, yttrium, zirconium, niobium (columbium), molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, cadmium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium (kurchatovium, dubnium), dubnium (hahnium, nielsbohrium, joliotium), seaborgium (rutherfordium), bohrium (nielsbohrium), hassium (hahnium), meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium

Translations

in chemistry

Croatian: prijelazni element (hr) m.

Spanish: elemento de transición (es) m.

See also

• lanthanide
• actinide