chalcogen

English

Etymology

From chalco- (“ore”) +‎ -gen (“forming”).

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Noun

chalcogen (plural chalcogens)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
    Hypernyms: nonmetal < element < substance, material
    Coordinate terms: halogen, pnictogen, metalloid, metal

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