See also Metal, and métal
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɛtəl/, SAMPA: /"mEt@l/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtəl
- Homophones: mettle; medal, meddle (in accents with flapping)
Noun
metal (countable and uncountable; plural metals)
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
- (astronomy) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,[1] or sometimes other than hydrogen.[2]
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
- Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) categorised by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Derived terms
terms derived from metal (noun)
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References
- Notes:
- ^ Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.
- ^ Martin, J. C. (n.d.). What we learn from a star's metal content
Verb
to metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metalling, simple past and past participle metalled)
Breton
Noun
metal m (plural -où)
- metal
Danish
Danish Wikipedia has an article on: MetalEtymology
From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon), “metal, mine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /metal/, [meˈtˢal]
Noun
metal n. (singular definite metallet, plural indefinite metaller)
Inflection
Inflection of metal| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | metal | metallet | metaller | metallerne |
| genitive | metals | metallets | metallers | metallernes |
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
metal m. inv.
Synonyms
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Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
metal m.
Declension
declension of metal| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metal | metale |
| genitive | metalu | metali |
| dative | metalowi | metalom |
| accusative | metal | metale |
| instrumental | metalem | metalami |
| locative | metalu | metalach |
| vocative | metalu | metale |
Derived terms
- metalowy
Portuguese
Noun
metal m
- metal
Romanian
Noun
metal n
- metal
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mětaːl/
- Hyphenation: me‧tal
Noun
mètāl m. (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄л)
Declension
declension of metal| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mètāl | metali |
| genitive | metála | metala |
| dative | metalu | metalima |
| accusative | metal | metale |
| vocative | metale | metali |
| locative | metalu | metalima |
| instrumental | metalom | metalima |
Spanish
Etymology
French métal or Catalan metall.
Noun
metal m. (plural metales)
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How do you identify a metal and a non metal?
Q. I have to watch these videos of non identifiable substances and all it shows is it's Appearance, Malleability, Conductivity and reaction in water and acid. I don't know how I would know if these substances were non metal or metal? Any ideas?
Asked by Tanisha - Mon Apr 19 08:38:45 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Metals are usually gray[except copper and gold], solid except mercury metals are shiny, except when covered by there oxidation product metals are malleable, ductile, conduct heat and electricity metals react with acid to give H2 gas and a salt, very active metals react with water Nonmetals are not shiny, may be solid, liquid, gas generally have a color, are brittle not malleable do not conduct
Answered by science teacher - Mon Apr 19 08:57:38 2010
Q. I have to watch these videos of non identifiable substances and all it shows is it's Appearance, Malleability, Conductivity and reaction in water and acid. I don't know how I would know if these substances were non metal or metal? Any ideas?
Asked by Tanisha - Mon Apr 19 08:38:45 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Metals are usually gray[except copper and gold], solid except mercury metals are shiny, except when covered by there oxidation product metals are malleable, ductile, conduct heat and electricity metals react with acid to give H2 gas and a salt, very active metals react with water Nonmetals are not shiny, may be solid, liquid, gas generally have a color, are brittle not malleable do not conduct
Answered by science teacher - Mon Apr 19 08:57:38 2010
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