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metallicme‧tal‧lic /məˈtælɪk/ adjective - metallic minerals
- a metallic blue jacket
- a metallic, female voice
- There was a metallic grey VW Golf parked outside cabin fifteen.
- Earth has an actively convecting dense metallic core that produces and sustains a strong magnetic field.
- I loved the metallic smell of solder as it dripped in small puddles, hardening on the workbench before me.
- It had a rusty, metallic flavor, like nails on his tongue.
- Something hard and metallic, concealed in the shadows, sliced into his leg.
- The eyes of the Scribbled Anthias have a mysterious metallic green lens.
- The result is a fine-grained rock containing small traces of metallic iron.
- The theoretical upper temperature for this to happen with metallic compounds is about 40K.
- This involved heating zinc ore and charcoal with metallic copper in a closed vessel to about 1000°C.
having a surface that shines like metal► metallic metallic paint shines like metal: metallic blue/green/purple etc: · There was a metallic grey VW Golf parked outside cabin fifteen. ► silvery shiny with a colour like silver: · Small silvery fish darted through the shallow water of the creek.· The hills looked silvery in the moonlight. ► COLOURS & SOUNDSablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun ► a metallic click (=like something made of metal)· She strapped herself in with a metallic click of the belt. NOUN► hydrogen· What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion.· This incredibly dense, hot soup of protons and electrons is called fluid metallic hydrogen. ► iron· Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.· The result is a fine-grained rock containing small traces of metallic iron.· Figure 1-7 also shows the temperature at which metallic iron would melt within the Earth.· These meteorites, called chondrites, are composed principally of silicate minerals, usually with some metallic iron and sulfides.· The second byproduct of ilmenite reduction is high-purity metallic iron, which can be directly melted and cast into products. ► sound· The chair behind her knees scraped on the floor with a raucous metallic sound, and she winced. 1a metallic noise sounds like pieces of metal hitting each other: The key turned in the lock with a loud metallic click. The pans made a metallic clatter as they crashed to the floor.2a metallic voice is rough, hard, and unpleasant: He spoke in a thin, metallic voice.3a metallic colour shines like metal: He drives a metallic red van.4a metallic taste is bitter and unpleasant, like metal: The gum left a horrible metallic taste in my mouth.5made of metal or containing metal: metallic particles |