A metalloid is a type of chemical element which has properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.
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Metalloid
//ˈmɛtəlɔɪd//
Synonyms for "metalloid" (4 found)
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31 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- металоид noun (element)
- неметал noun (element)
Catalan
1 entries- metal·loide noun (element)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 半金屬 /半金属 noun (element)
- 類金屬 /类金属 noun (element)
Esperanto
1 entries- metaloido noun (element)
Estonian
1 entries- poolmetall noun (element)
Finnish
1 entries- puolimetalli noun (element)
French
1 entries- métalloïde noun (element)
German
2 entries- Halbmetall noun (element)
- Metalloid noun (element)
Hungarian
1 entries- félfém noun (element)
Icelandic
3 entries- hálfmálmur noun (element)
- málmbróðir noun (element)
- málmleysingi noun (element)
Irish
1 entries- miotalóideach noun (element)
Italian
2 entries- metalloide noun (element)
- semimetallo noun (element)
Latvian
1 entries- pusmetāls noun (element)
Persian
1 entries- شبهفلز noun (element)
Polish
2 entries- metaloid noun (element)
- półmetal noun (element)
Portuguese
1 entries- metaloide noun (element)
Romanian
1 entries- metaloid noun (element)
Russian
1 entries- металло́ид noun (element)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- polumetal noun (element)
Spanish
2 entries- metaloide noun (element)
- semimetal noun (element)
Swedish
1 entries- halvmetall noun (element)
Tagalog
1 entries- malametal noun (element)
Vietnamese
1 entries- á kim noun (element)
Sample sentences
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A metalloid is an element with properties intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals (e.g., silicon).
Source: tatoeba (8768071)
By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to
Source: wiktionary
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.
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