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Webster 1913 Edition
Metalloid
Met′al-loid
,Noun.
[L.
metallum
metal + -oid
: cf. F. métalloïde
.] (a)
Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; – applied by
Sir Humphrey Davy
to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined. (b)
Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal;
as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc.
, are metalloids. Met′al-loid
,Adj.
1.
Having the appearance of a metal.
2.
(Chem.)
Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.
Webster 1828 Edition
Metalloid
MET'ALLOID
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Metalloid
Metalloid
See also: metalloid
German
Noun
Metalloid n (genitive Metalloids or Metalloides, plural Metalloide)
Declension
Declension of Metalloid
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Metalloid | die | Metalloide |
| genitive | eines | des | Metalloides, Metalloids |
der | Metalloide |
| dative | einem | dem | Metalloid, Metalloide1 |
den | Metalloiden |
| accusative | ein | das | Metalloid | die | Metalloide |
1Now uncommon, see notes
metalloid
metalloid
See also: Metalloid
English
Noun
metalloid (plural metalloids)
- (chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal.
- (chemistry, obsolete) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Humphry Davy to this entry?)
Translations
element
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Adjective
metalloid (comparative more metalloid, superlative most metalloid)
- (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.
- 1997, CMJ New Music Monthly (number 43, page 12)
- Graham Massey of 808 State turns a Björkian moan into a vibrating siren and powers his strangely metalloid version of "Army Of Me" with it; the Brodsky String Quartet turns "Hyperballad" into a stately 3-D chess game.
- 2004, Gene Santoro, Highway 61 Revisited
- It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels.
- 1997, CMJ New Music Monthly (number 43, page 12)