2 definitions
for chemical element
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
chemical element
n : 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 [syn: element]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "chemical element":
acid, acidity, agent, air, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, anion,
antacid, atom, atomic particles, base, biochemical, brute matter,
building block, cation, chemical, chromoisomer, component,
compound, constituent, copolymer, dimer, earth, element,
elementary particle, elementary unit, fire, fundamental particle,
heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, hyle,
hypostasis, inorganic chemical, ion, isomer, macromolecule,
material, material world, materiality, matter, metamer, molecule,
monad, monomer, natural world, nature, neutralizer, nonacid,
organic chemical, oxyacid, physical world, plenum, polymer,
pseudoisomer, radical, reagent, stuff, substance, substratum,
sulfacid, the four elements, trimer, unit of being, water