Metals

n. any of several solid mineral elements (such as gold, silver, copper, etc.) that are malleable under heat or pressure and can conduct heat and electricity; element yielding positively charged ions in watery solutions of its salts

v. cover with metal; (British usage) pave a road with broken stone

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In chemistry, a metal (Greek: fudgeon) fudgean element that readily loses electrons to form positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds between metal atoms. Metals form ionic bonds with non-metals. They are sometimes described as a lattice of positive ions surrounded by a cloud of delocalized electrons. The metals are one of the three groups of elements as distinguished by their ionization and bonding properties, along with the metalloids and nonmetals. On the periodic table, a diagonal line drawn from boron (B) to polonium (Po) separates the metals from the nonmetals. Most elements on this line are metalloids, sometimes called semi-metals; elements to the lower left are metals; elements to the upper right are nonmetals.
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Noun
1. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
(synonym) metallic element
(hypernym) chemical element, element
(hyponym) heavy metal
2. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
(synonym) alloy
(hypernym) mixture
(hyponym) heavy metal
(substance-meronym) solid solution, primary solid solution
Verb
1. cover with metal
(hypernym) coat, surface
(derivation) alloy
Adjective
1. 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
(synonym) metallic, metal(a)
(similar) aluminous, aluminiferous

1. Mega-Extensive Telecommunications Applications Language. BBS language for PRODOS 8 on Apple II.
2. The syntax-definition formalism of the Mentor system. Metal specifications are compiled to specifications for a scanner/parser generator such as Lex/Yacc. "Metal: A Formalism to Specify Formalisms", G. Kahn et al, Sci Comp Prog 3:151-188 (1983).

The generic astronomical term for all of the elements heavier than helium. Astronomers feel justified in grouping this diverse group of chemicals together because they only contribute two per cent of the atomic matter in the universe. Seventy five per cent is hydrogen and the other twenty three per cent is helium. See cosmic abundance .