How do you use Nonmetallic in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like nonmetal or metalloid, plus the exact meaning.
Nonmetallic in a sentence
Nonmetallic meaning
Not metallic.
Using Nonmetallic
- The main meaning on this page is: Not metallic.
- Useful related words include: nonmetal, metalloid, metallic.
- In the example corpus, nonmetallic often appears in combinations such as: is nonmetallic.
Context around Nonmetallic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nonmetallic
- In this selection, "nonmetallic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, used, finding, tried, colors, spacecraft and dots stand out and add context to how "nonmetallic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after finding nonmetallic air gun and also tried nonmetallic ferrites were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nonmetallic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nonmetallic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The only industry reporting contraction in February is Nonmetallic Mineral Products. (11 words)
The potential uses for nonmetallic dots don't just end with water treatment, though. (14 words)
It is nonmetallic and tetravalent —making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. (14 words)
Vehicles clad in these nonmetallic colors “reflect less light than we’ve become accustomed to seeing over the past several flake-heavy decades, and so they assume a greater visual density than their flaked-out counterparts,” Weiner wrote. (38 words)
Other materials were also tried; nonmetallic ferrites were promising for their low electrical conductivity resulting in low eddy current losses, Metglas offered high coupling coefficient, but they were inferior to PZT overall. (32 words)
Cassilly also supported research by Marshall’s Solid Propulsion and Pyrotechnic Devices Branch to assess estimates of microbial contamination associated with a variety of commonly used nonmetallic spacecraft materials. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Vehicles clad in these nonmetallic colors “reflect less light than we’ve become accustomed to seeing over the past several flake-heavy decades, and so they assume a greater visual density than their flaked-out counterparts,” Weiner wrote.
Cassilly also supported research by Marshall’s Solid Propulsion and Pyrotechnic Devices Branch to assess estimates of microbial contamination associated with a variety of commonly used nonmetallic spacecraft materials.
The potential uses for nonmetallic dots don't just end with water treatment, though.
Air guns in the crossfire: Chinese authorities detained an American FedEx pilot in Guangzhou, southern China, allegedly after finding nonmetallic air gun pellets in his luggage.
Comparatively, 50.4% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by institutional investors.
The only industry reporting contraction in February is Nonmetallic Mineral Products.
It is nonmetallic and tetravalent —making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds.
Other materials were also tried; nonmetallic ferrites were promising for their low electrical conductivity resulting in low eddy current losses, Metglas offered high coupling coefficient, but they were inferior to PZT overall.
Common combinations with nonmetallic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is nonmetallic 2×