"main group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: main groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main group (plural main groups)
  1. (chemistry) In the periodic table of the elements, any of the eight groups (columns) of elements in the s and p blocks. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (group of elements): pääryhmä (Finnish), groupe principal [masculine] (French), Hauptgruppe [feminine] (German), hovedgruppe (note: also general usage) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-main_group-en-noun-Y3SMcjQ~ Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'group of elements': 63 37
  2. (chemistry, dated) The same, plus the elements of group 12. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Chemistry, Types of chemical element Derived forms: main group element Coordinate_terms: actinide, lanthanide, transition element
    Sense id: en-main_group-en-noun-4dtpiUvG Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 78 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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