Definitions for: Metallic


[adj] containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce



Webster (1913) Definition: Me*tal"lic, a. [L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F.
m['e]tallique. See Metal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal;
resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic
alloy.

2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized 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 (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a
cavity communicating with the air passages contains both
air and liquid.

Synonyms: aluminiferous, aluminous, antimonial, argentiferous, auriferous, bimetal, bimetallic, bronze, gilded, gold, gold-bearing, golden, metal(a), metallike, silver, tinny

Antonyms: nonmetal, nonmetallic

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