trace element

NOUN

minor element

Synonyms

WEAK

microelement micronutrient minute amount trace mineral

Example Sentences

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Dirt collected by a resident at the site showed selenium, a trace element that can be harmful in heavy concentrations, according to the results, which were reviewed by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

Earlier researchers focused on the trace element composition of these rocks, hoping to find clues about TTG magmas and their source.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

Fact-checkers have so far been unable to confirm or debunk the last of these; given the intermingling of races in his ancestral Brazil, it could even contain a trace element of truth.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

Greenland, P. L. & Lovering, J. F. Minor and trace element abundances in chondritic meteorites.

From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017

They guaranteed it would have all the necessary ingredients, right down to the smallest trace element!

From Islands of Space by Campbell, John Wood