| Metal |
n. |
An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
| Metal |
n. |
Ore from which a metal is derived;
so called by miners. |
| Metal |
n. |
A mine from which ores are taken. |
| Metal |
n. |
The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper. |
| Metal |
n. |
Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle. |
| Metal |
n. |
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
| Metal |
n. |
The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
| Metal |
n. |
Glass in a state of fusion. |
| Metal |
n. |
The rails of a railroad. |
| Metal |
v. t. |
To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road. |
| Metalammonium |
n. |
A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen. |
| Metalbumin |
n. |
A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin. |
| Metaldehyde |
n. |
A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same. |
| Metaled |
imp. & p. p. |
of Metal |
| Metalepses |
pl. |
of Metalepsis |
| Metalepsis |
n. |
The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word. |
| Metalepsy |
n. |
Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis. |
| Metaleptic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a metalepsis. |
| Metaleptic |
a. |
Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle. |
| Metaleptic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy. |
| Metaleptical |
a. |
Metaleptic. |
| Metaling |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Metal |
| Metalled |
|
of Metal |
| Metallic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. |
| Metallic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. |
| Metallical |
a. |
See Metallic. |
| Metallicly |
adv. |
In a metallic manner; by metallic means. |
| Metallifacture |
n. |
The production and working or manufacture of metals. |
| Metalliferous |
a. |
Producing metals; yielding metals. |
| Metalliform |
a. |
Having the form or structure of a metal. |
| Metalline |
a. |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties. |
| Metalline |
a. |
Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water. |
| Metalline |
n. |
A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants. |
| Metalling |
|
of Metal |
| Metallist |
n. |
A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. |
| Metallization |
n. |
The act or process of metallizing. |
| Metallize |
v. t. |
To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. |
| Metallized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Metallize |
| Metallizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Metallize |
| Metallochrome |
n. |
A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity. |
| Metallochromy |
n. |
The art or process of coloring metals. |
| Metallograph |
n. |
A print made by metallography. |
| Metallographic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography. |
| Metallographist |
n. |
One who writes on the subject of metals. |
| Metallography |
n. |
The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals. |
| Metallography |
n. |
A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action. |
| Metallography |
n. |
A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone. |
| Metalloid |
n. |
Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth;
applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined. |
| Metalloid |
n. |
Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids. |
| Metalloid |
a. |
Having the appearance of a metal. |
| Metalloid |
a. |
Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative. |
| Metalloidal |
a. |
Metalloid. |
| Metallophone |
n. |
An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. |
| Metallophone |
n. |
An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars. |
| Metallorganic |
a. |
Metalorganic. |
| Metallotherapy |
n. |
Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body. |
| Metallurgic |
a. |
Alt. of Metallurgical |
| Metallurgical |
a. |
Of or pertaining to metallurgy. |
| Metallurgist |
n. |
One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy. |
| Metallurgy |
n. |
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. |
| Metalman |
n. |
A worker in metals. |
| Metalmen |
pl. |
of Metalman |
| Metalogical |
a. |
Beyond the scope or province of logic. |
| Metalorganic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc. |
