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English to English adjective
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Having the appearance of a metal. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal | | Example: arsenic is a metalloid element
source: wordnet30 noun
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Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined. | | source: webster1913
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