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Definition of Semimetals
1. semimetal [n] - See also: semimetal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semimetals
Literary usage of Semimetals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann .. by Caspar Neumann, William Lewis (1773)
"semimetals. Metallic bodies not bearing the hammer; 'volatile in the fire. I.
MERCURY, or QUICKSILVER. MERCURY is a fluid metallic ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"This class comprehends the following metals under the three orders, Perfect,
Imperfect, semimetals. Order I. Genera. Platinum, (¡old, PERFECT. Genera. ..."
3. Guide to the Mineralogic Collections of the New York State Museum by Herbert Percy Whitlock (1902)
"semimetals Arsenic. Arsenic is usually found in massive forms, the structure
being reniform, and is composed of concentric layers can frequently be ..."
4. EMF Electrical Year Book by Electrical Trade Publishing Company (1921)
"Element \Vith semimetallic luster are sometime! called semimetals ... The present
tendency Is ti call all those semimetals metals which ar< capable of ..."
5. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1803)
"From these and the following experiments it appears, that, of all those which
have been improperly called semimetals, nickel is that which is the least ..."
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