General Chemistry Dictionary. (metal,metalloid) A nonmetal is a substance that conducts heat and electricity poorly, is brittle or waxy or gaseous, and cannot be hammered into sheets or drawn into wire. Nonmetals gain electrons easily to form anions.About 20% of the known chemical elements are nonmetals.efine: (metal,metalloid) A nonmetal is a substance that conducts heat and electricity poorly, is brittle or waxy or gaseous, and cannot be hammered into sheets or drawn into wire.
The 2016 Peekskill, New York, population is 24,043. There are 5,504 people per square mile (population density). The median age is 38.5. The US median is 37.4. 48.75% of people in Peekskill, New York, are married. 10.36% are divorced.
Definition of peek. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1a : to look furtively A little girl peeked around the corner of the chair at him.b : to peer through a crack or hole or from a place of concealment âoften used with in or out peeked in through the window â J. M. Flagler peeked out at us from behind the curtains â Winifred Bambrick.