metalloid
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Is metalloid a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
2. (chemistry, 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.Examples: "By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to"obsolete
3. (chemistry, obsolete) A nonmetal.obsolete
adj (English)
1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.not-comparable
2. (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.Examples: "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."; "It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels."informal
Definition source: Wiktionary