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metallic
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Word definitions for metallic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Middle French métallique or directly from Latin metallicus , from Greek metallikos , from metallon (see metal ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 [syn: metal(a) ] [ant: nonmetallic ]
Usage examples of metallic.
It is made up of unburnt anthracite and small lumps of slag proper together with some buttons of metallic tin.
Embroidery and appliques of metallic fabrics ornamented the garments of both.
Smallweed and a parting salutation to the scornful Judy, strides out of the parlour, clashing imaginary sabres and other metallic appurtenances as he goes.
In colour bastite is brown or green with the same metallic sheen as bronzite.
It was Blate, just behind, and then she heard the unmistakable metallic snick of metal on metal.
A swarm of meter-long boomerang shaped metallic objects consumed the aircraft and began ripping it apart.
Pony quickly focused the magnetite energy, blocked out all other metallic influences except one giant gauntlet.
As she passed the open door and Elbryan, Pony put her other hand, holding the magnetite, against the outside of the metallic door and fell into that magic as well.
Each sphere housed a containment field intended to carry antihydrogen, which, frozen to absolute zero, entered a magnetizable metallic state.
Pushing open a brown metallic door, Manesh walked inside the building.
It is also used for dissolving metals only from ores which contain metallic oxides not desired in the solution.
The metallic object was a hand-held eight millimetre camera and the hands that held them were very steady indeed.
The raising of the hammer made a dull metallic click that was an ominous expectant sound, and Milt Warden banged his other palm down flat on the desk.
Then Dallas would shovel the opened oysters onto picnic tables covered with newspapers and the perfume of those washed-down mollusks gave off a silvery, slightly metallic musk of a rained-on acre of spartina.
All the octuplets are handsome, with valuable metallic faces, wellmade, respectably dressed and wellconducted, speaking five modern languages fluently and interested in various arts and sciences.