Sekirov Dictionary

metalloid

/ˈmɛtəlɔɪd/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
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(no longer used) 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
(no longer used) A nonmetal.

adjective2

Of or relating to the metalloids.
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(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

forms

metalloids · more metalloid · most metalloid

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