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trace element definition

trace element

  1. a chemical element, as iron, copper, zinc, etc., essential in plant and animal nutrition, but only in minute quantities
  2. any element present in minute quantities in an organism, soil, water, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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