metallic.html - adj.
1 of, consisting of, or characteristic of metal or metals.
2 sounding sharp and ringing, like struck metal.
3 having the sheen or lustre of metals.

metallically adv. [L metallicus f. Gk metallikos (as METAL)]

metallic.html - adj.
bearing or producing metal. [L metallifer (as METAL, -FEROUS)]

metallic.html - v.tr.
(also -ise; US metalize)
1 render metallic.
2 coat with a thin layer of metal.

metallization n.

metallic.html - n.
the descriptive science of the structure and properties of metals.

metallographic adj. metallographical adj. metallographically adv.

metallic.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

having the form or appearance of a metal.

--n.

any element intermediate in properties between metals and non-metals, e.g. boron, silicon, and germanium.

metallic.html - n.
the science concerned with the production, purification, and properties of metals and their application.

metallurgic adj. metallurgical adj. metallurgically adv. metallurgist n. [Gk metallon metal + -ourgia working]