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[ adjective ] containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Synonyms Examples "a metallic compound" "metallic luster" "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)On these posts the gates swung open with a squeak and shut with a metallic clang . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)Surface temperature_gradients have been found to exist in liquid helium baths contained in 15 - and 25 - liter metallic storage dewars . Related terms nonmetallic silver gold auriferous bimetal antimonial metallike bronze tinny argentiferous aluminous |
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