About The Word Metallic
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Metallic
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What's The Definition Of Metallic?
[adj] containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce
Synonyms | Synonyms for Metallic: aluminiferous | aluminous | antimonial | argentiferous | auriferous | bimetal | bimetallic | bronze | gilded | gold | gold-bearing | golden | metal(a) | metallike | silver | tinny Related Terms | Find terms related to Metallic: brassy | brazen | choked | coarse | cracked | croaking | croaky | dry | gruff | guttural | harsh | harsh-sounding | hoarse | husky | metal | metallike | metalline | metalloid | organometallic | ragged | raucid | raucous | rough | roupy | rude | squawking | squawky | stertorous | strangled | thick | throaty | tinny See Also | Metallic In Webster's Dictionary \Me*tal"lic\, a. [L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F.
m['e]tallique. See {Metal}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal;
resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic
alloy.
2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the
essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted
with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.
{Metallic iron}, iron in the state of the metal, as
distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron.
{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.
{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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