metal
41metal — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin metallum mine, metal, from Greek metallon Date: 14th century 1. any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good… …
42MÉTAL — s. m. Corps simple, brillant, tantôt ductile et malléable, comme le fer et l argent, tantôt cassant, comme l antimoine : on le trouve dans les entrailles de la terre, quelquefois pur, mais le plus souvent uni à d autres substances, avec… …
43metal — met|al W2S2 [ˈmetl] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin metallum mine, metal , from Greek metallon] a hard, usually shiny substance such as iron, gold, or steel →↑metallic ▪ The gate is made of metal. ▪ a small black metal… …
44metal — met|al [ metl ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a hard, usually shiny substance that exists naturally in the ground or in rock, which is used to make things such as tools, machines, weapons, etc. Steel, iron, and gold are all types of metal: a… …
45metal — noun 1》 a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity, e.g. iron, copper, and silver. ↘(metals) the steel tracks of a railway. ↘Heraldry gold and silver. 2》 …
46METAL MT — A machine translation system developed at the University of Texas and at Siemens which ran on Lisp Machines. Background Originally titled the Linguistics Research System (LRS), it was later renamed METAL (MechanicalTranslation and Analysis of… …
47metal — [13] Greek métallon, a word of unknown origin, had a range of meanings, including ‘mine’ (the original sense) and ‘mineral’ as well as ‘metal’. These were carried over into Latin metallum, but by the time the word reached English, via Old French… …
48metal — the electropositive elements and alloys based on these elements; the electron band structure of metals is characterized by a partially filled valence band. alkali metal alkaline earth metal clad metal hard metal noble metal …
49metal — / metl/ noun (C, U) a hard, usually shiny substance such as iron, gold, or steel: The frame is made of metal. | a metal box | precious metal (=expensive metal used for making jewellery) see also: heavy metal, metallic …
50metal — [13] Greek métallon, a word of unknown origin, had a range of meanings, including ‘mine’ (the original sense) and ‘mineral’ as well as ‘metal’. These were carried over into Latin metallum, but by the time the word reached English, via Old French… …
