relative location of the sections of the body or an organ described through constrastic or opposite body direction terms ex. cephalic vs caudal Ventral front or belly side of the body or organ
A metal (from Greek Î¼Î­ÏÎ±Î»Î»Î¿Î½ metallon, mÃ©tallon, mine, quarry) metal is a (material an, element, compound or) alloy that is typically, hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal. conductivity
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.