chemical element

noun
Graduate
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.

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