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metalloid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛtəlɔɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English metalloid From metal + -oid.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.
2. (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.
   • It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels. 2004, Gene Santoro, Highway 61 Revisited:
   • 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. 1997, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 43, page 12:

Forms

metalloid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛtəlɔɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English metalloid From metal + -oid.

Meanings

1. An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
2. (obsolete) 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.
   • By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to 1836, Sir Humphry Davy, Memoirs:
3. (obsolete) A nonmetal.

Forms

Translations (32)

fa شبهفلز (element) · pt metaloide (element) · tl malametal (element) · de Halbmetall (element) · is málmbróðir (element) · ru металло́ид (element) · fi puolimetalli (element) · hu félfém (element) · ro metaloid (element) · eo metaloido (element) · cmn 半金屬 /半金属 (element) · is hálfmálmur (element) · pl metaloid (element) · is málmleysingi (element) · es metaloide (element) · pl półmetal (element) · cmn 類金屬 /类金属 (element) · es semimetal (element) · sv halvmetall (element) · fr métalloïde (element) · it metalloide (element) · et poolmetall (element) · de Metalloid (element) · sh polumetal (element) · bg металоид (element) · mi haukonu (element) · bg неметал (element) · ca metal·loide (element) · it semimetallo (element) · vi á kim (element) · ga miotalóideach (element) · lv pusmetāls (element)