"transition element" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transition elements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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). Categories (topical): Chemistry, Types of chemical element Synonyms: transition metal Related terms: lanthanide, actinide Translations (in chemistry): oorgangselement (Afrikaans), 過渡金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 过渡金属 (guòdù jīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), siirtymäalkuaine (Finnish), element de tranziție [neuter] (Romanian), prijelazni element [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), elemento de transición [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transition_element-en-noun-vq7YFcBX Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 41 28 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'in chemistry': 48 28 24
  2. (chemistry, dated) The same, but excluding the group 12 elements (i.e. groups 3 to 11 inclusive). Tags: dated Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-transition_element-en-noun-59WO9REE 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: 16 48 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 41 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 45 34 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  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. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-transition_element-en-noun-EPE~hDWC Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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