Definition of Semimetal

1. n. An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.

Definition of Semimetal

1. Noun. (chemistry) a metalloid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semimetal

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Semimetal

1. An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semimetal

semiluxation
semiluxurious
semiluxury
semimagnetic
semimajor
semimajor axes
semimajor axis
semimartingale
semimartingales
semimat
semimatt
semimatte
semimembranosus
semimembranosus reflex
semimembranous
semimetal (current term)
semimetallic
semimetallicity
semimetals
semimicro
semimild
semiminor
semiminor axis
semimoist
semimonastic
semimonthlies
semimonthly
semimute
semimutes
semimystical

Literary usage of Semimetal

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

1. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"On the one hand, like every metallic calx, arsenic can be changed into a metallic form, a "true semimetal," or "regulus of arsenic. ..."

2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"On the one hand, like every metallic calx, arsenic can be changed into a metallic form, a "true semimetal," or "regulus of arsenic. ..."

3. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"On the one hand, like every metallic calx, arsenic can be changed into a metallic form, a "true semimetal," or "regulus of arsenic. ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1828)
"into masses of a proper size for the smelting furnace, to which it is next to be carried for the purpose of smelting out the metal or semimetal from the ..."

5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In by John Walker (1822)
"Against government by a single person. Antimony, ân*tè-mnn-è. s. A mineral substance, of a metalline nature, a semimetal. ..."

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