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Definition of Metallic

1. Adjective. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal. "The strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"

2. Noun. A fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal.

3. Noun. A yarn made partly or entirely of metal.

Definition of Metallic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.

Definition of Metallic

1. Adjective. Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal. ¹

2. Noun. A metallic color ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metallic

1. a fabric or yarn made of or coated with metal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Metallic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. 2. Of, pertaining to, or characterised by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. Metallic tinking, a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. Origin: L. Metallicus, fr. Metallum: cf. F. Metallique. See Metal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metallic

metallacycle metallacycloalkane metallacycloalkanes metallacyclobutane metallacyclobutanes metallacyclopentene metallate metallated metallates metallation

metallations metalled metaller metallers metalless metallic (current term) metallic bond metallic element metallic rale metallic tremor

metallic waterproofing metallical metallically metallicities metallicity metallicize metallicized metallicizing metallick metallicly

Literary usage of Metallic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"metallic TITANIUM. BY MA HUNTER. Received January 19, 1910. All the earliest attempts at the preparation of metallic titanium resulted for the most part in ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Med., 1907, xc) states that although metallic resonance is an important ... There must first be a clear conception of what is meant by metallic resonance. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"rhe Industrial Chemist, November, 1949 Superseal Plastic metallic PACKING One ... Superseal plastic metallic packing is a plastic sealing material to which ..."

4. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Metalldampf, metallic vapor. ... ^hydrat, n. metallic hydroxide. •V . * test for metal, assay. ... metallic sponge. .•.?«•*, • .- itation silver foil. ..."

5. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"The metallic residue is washed and carefully ignited ut a high temperature under a hood, as the fumes are poisonous and disagreed Me like chlorine. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"Pigeon holes [466] the frames are in place, a continuous metallic frontage pi ... The combination, substantially as specified, of a series of metallic door ..."

7. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"In general, a mineral is not said to have metallic luster unless it is opaque ... Some minerals have varieties with metallic and others with non- metallic ..."

8. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1922)
"In general, a mineral is not said to have metallic luster unless it is opaque ... Some minerals have varieties with metallic and others with non- metallic ..."

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