metallic : Idioms & Phrases

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metallic bond

  • noun a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs
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metallic element

  • noun any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
    metal.
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Metallic iron

  • iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron.
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Metallic paper

  • paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced.
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Metallic tinking

  • (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid.
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metallic-colored

  • adjective satellite having a metallic color
    metal-colored; metallic-colored; metal-coloured.
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metallic-coloured

  • adjective satellite having a metallic color
    metal-colored; metallic-colored; metal-coloured.
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metallic-looking

  • adjective satellite resembling metal
    metal-looking; metallike.
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pseudo-metallic

Pseu`do-me*tal"lic adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + metallic.
Definitions
  1. Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.
Webster 1913