transition element

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Noun

transition element (plural transition elements)

1. (chemistry) Any element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive).

   Synonym: transition metal

2. (chemistry, dated) The same, but excluding the group 12 elements (i.e. groups 3 to 11 inclusive).
3. (chemistry, dated) Any of the group of metallic elements that have an incomplete inner (d) electron shell, having multiple valencies and forming coloured compounds and stable complex ions.

Hyponyms

transition elements

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

Translations

Translations

Afrikaans: oorgangselement Chinese: Mandarin: 過渡金屬 / 过渡金属 (zh) (guòdù jīnshǔ) Dutch: overgangsmetaal (nl) n Finnish: siirtymäalkuaine, siirtymämetalli (fi) French: élément de transition m, métal de transition (fr) m Greek: μεταβατικό μέταλλο n (metavatikó métallo) Hungarian: átmenetifém (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: innskuddsmetall n, overgangsmetall n, transisjonsmetall n Nynorsk: innskotsmetall n, transisjonsmetall n Polish: pierwiastek przejściowy m Romanian: element de tranziție n, metal de tranziție n Serbo-Croatian: prijelazni element m, prijelazni metal m Spanish: elemento de transición m, metal de transición (es) m Vietnamese: kim loại chuyển tiếp

See also

• lanthanide
• actinide