metal

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[edit] English

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From Middle English, from Old French metal (“metal”), from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”), from μέταλλευειν (métalleuein, “to mine, quarry”), of unknown origin, but apparently related to μέταλλαν (métallan, “to seek after”), also of unknown origin.

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metal (countable and uncountable; plural metals)

  1. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
  2. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
  3. (astronomy) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,[1] or sometimes other than hydrogen.[2]
  4. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
  5. (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
  6. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects
  7. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) categorised by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

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  • (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms): nonmetal

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terms derived from metal (noun)

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atomic element or material made of such atoms

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  1. ^ Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.
  2. ^ Martin, J. C. (n.d.). What we learn from a star's metal content

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metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metalling, simple past and past participle metalled)

  1. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

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metal m.

  1. metal

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “metal, mine”).

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  • IPA: /metal/, [meˈtˢal]

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metal n. (singular definite metallet, plural indefinite metaller)

  1. metal

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    Inflection of metal
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative metal metallet metaller metallerne
genitive metals metallets metallers metallernes

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English

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metal m. inv.

  1. (music) metal

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metal m. (plural metaulx)

  1. metal

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Latin metallum, see above

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metal m. (oblique plural metaus, nominative singular metaus, nominative plural metal)

  1. metal (material)

[edit] Polish

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From Latin metallum

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metal m.

  1. metal

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    declension of metal
singular plural
nominative metal metale
genitive metalu metali
dative metalowi metalom
accusative metal metale
instrumental metalem metalami
locative metalu metalach
vocative metalu metale

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metal m. (plural metals)

  1. metal

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metal n.

  1. metal

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /mětaːl/
  • Hyphenation: me‧tal

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mètāl m. (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄л)

  1. (chemistry) metal

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    declension of metal
singular plural
nominative mètāl metali
genitive metála metala
dative metalu metalima
accusative metal metale
vocative metale metali
locative metalu metalima
instrumental metalom metalima

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French métal or Catalan metall.

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metal m. (plural metales)

  1. metal

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