noble metal

English

Noun

noble metal (plural noble metals)

1. (inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold, platinum, copper and mercury.

   Synonym: perfect metal

Usage notes

So termed because they resist being made base. Chemists recognize them as the platinum group of elements.

Translations

metal resistant to corrosion

• Czech: ušlechtilý kov m
• Danish: ædelmetal (da) n
• Esperanto: nobla metalo
• Finnish: jalometalli (fi)
• Galician: metal nobre m
• German: Edelmetall (de) n
• Hungarian: nemesfém (hu)
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• Irish: miotal lómhar m, miotal uasal m
• Malay: logam adi
• Norwegian: edelmetall n
• Polish: metal szlachetny m
• Russian: благоро́дный мета́лл (ru) m (blagoródnyj metáll)
• Spanish: metal noble m

See also

• base metal
• noble gas
• precious metal