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Definition of Metallic element
1. Noun. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc..
Specialized synonyms: Heavy Metal, Base Metal, Noble Metal, Al, Aluminium, Aluminum, Atomic Number 13, Am, Americium, Atomic Number 95, Antimony, Atomic Number 51, Sb, Atomic Number 56, Ba, Barium, Atomic Number 97, Berkelium, Bk, Atomic Number 4, Be, Beryllium, Glucinium, Atomic Number 83, Bi, Bismuth, Atomic Number 48, Cadmium, Cd, Atomic Number 20, Ca, Calcium, Atomic Number 98, Californium, Cf, Atomic Number 58, Ce, Cerium, Atomic Number 55, Caesium, Cesium, Cs, Atomic Number 24, Chromium, Cr, Atomic Number 27, Co, Cobalt, Atomic Number 29, Copper, Cu, Atomic Number 96, Cm, Curium, Atomic Number 66, Dy, Dysprosium, Atomic Number 99, E, Einsteinium, Es, Atomic Number 68, Er, Erbium, Atomic Number 63, Eu, Europium, Atomic Number 100, Fermium, Fm, Atomic Number 87, Fr, Francium, Atomic Number 64, Gadolinium, Gd, Atomic Number 31, Ga, Gallium, Atomic Number 72, Hafnium, Hf, Atomic Number 67, Ho, Holmium, Atomic Number 49, In, Indium, Atomic Number 77, Ir, Iridium, Atomic Number 26, Fe, Iron, Atomic Number 57, La, Lanthanum, Atomic Number 82, Lead, Pb, Atomic Number 3, Li, Lithium, Atomic Number 71, Lu, Lutecium, Lutetium, Atomic Number 12, Magnesium, Mg, Atomic Number 25, Manganese, Mn, Atomic Number 80, Hg, Hydrargyrum, Mercury, Quicksilver, Atomic Number 42, Mo, Molybdenum, Atomic Number 60, Nd, Neodymium, Atomic Number 93, Neptunium, Np, Atomic Number 28, Ni, Nickel, Atomic Number 41, Nb, Niobium, Atomic Number 76, Os, Osmium, Atomic Number 46, Palladium, Pd, Atomic Number 84, Po, Polonium, Atomic Number 19, K, Potassium, Atomic Number 59, Pr, Praseodymium, Atomic Number 61, Pm, Promethium, Atomic Number 91, Pa, Protactinium, Protoactinium, Atomic Number 88, Ra, Radium, Atomic Number 75, Re, Rhenium, Atomic Number 45, Rh, Rhodium, Atomic Number 37, Rb, Rubidium, Atomic Number 44, Ru, Ruthenium, Atomic Number 62, Samarium, Sm, Atomic Number 21, Sc, Scandium, Atomic Number 11, Na, Sodium, Atomic Number 38, Sr, Strontium, Atomic Number 73, Ta, Tantalum, Atomic Number 43, Tc, Technetium, Atomic Number 65, Tb, Terbium, Atomic Number 81, Thallium, Tl, Atomic Number 90, Th, Thorium, Atomic Number 69, Thulium, Tm, Atomic Number 50, Sn, Tin, Atomic Number 22, Ti, Titanium, Atomic Number 74, Tungsten, W, Wolfram, Atomic Number 92, U, Uranium, Atomic Number 23, V, Vanadium, Atomic Number 70, Yb, Ytterbium, Atomic Number 39, Y, Yttrium, Atomic Number 30, Zinc, Zn, Atomic Number 40, Zirconium, Zr, Alkali Metal, Alkaline Metal, Alkaline Earth, Alkaline-earth Metal
Generic synonyms: Chemical Element, Element
Derivative terms: Metal, Metallic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metallic Element
Literary usage of Metallic element
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... a non-metallic element known from very early times, and proved to be an clement
by Lavoisier, in. It was not definitely admitted to the list of ..."
2. Principles of Chemistry by Joel Henry Hildebrand (1918)
"A highly metallic element is one which is a good conductor of heat and electricity,
has a high reflective power for light, is ductile and malleable, ..."
3. Business Speller and Vocabulary by Edward Henry Eldridge (1913)
"(plat') A heavy, almost silver-white, metallic element. ra'di um A metallic
element found in minute quantities, capable of spontaneously emitting rays. ..."
4. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1917)
"In the first series boron is the first non-metallic element we encounter. In the
second series silicon ... Selenium is undoubtedly a non- metallic element. ..."
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