transition element
Noun
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Noun
transition element (plural transition elements)
- (chemistry) any of the group or metallic elements that have an incomplete inner (d) electron shell; they have multiple valencies and form coloured compounds and stable complex ions; the elements scandium to copper and those lying below them in the periodic table
- Spanish: elemento de transición
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