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Metalloid

//ˈmɛtəlɔɪd// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the metalloids. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Characteristic of the metal music genre. informal

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
  2. 2
    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. obsolete

    "By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to"

  3. 3
    A nonmetal. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From metal + -oid.

Etymology 2

From metal + -oid.

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