adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a metallic click (= like something made of metal )
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She strapped herself in with a metallic click of the belt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hydrogen
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What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion.
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This incredibly dense, hot soup of protons and electrons is called fluid metallic hydrogen .
iron
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Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron .
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The result is a fine-grained rock containing small traces of metallic iron .
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Figure 1-7 also shows the temperature at which metallic iron would melt within the Earth.
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These meteorites, called chondrites, are composed principally of silicate minerals, usually with some metallic iron and sulfides.
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The second byproduct of ilmenite reduction is high-purity metallic iron , which can be directly melted and cast into products.
sound
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The chair behind her knees scraped on the floor with a raucous metallic sound , and she winced.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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metallic minerals
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a metallic blue jacket
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a metallic , female voice
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There was a metallic grey VW Golf parked outside cabin fifteen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Earth has an actively convecting dense metallic core that produces and sustains a strong magnetic field.
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I loved the metallic smell of solder as it dripped in small puddles, hardening on the workbench before me.
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It had a rusty, metallic flavor, like nails on his tongue.
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Something hard and metallic , concealed in the shadows, sliced into his leg.
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The eyes of the Scribbled Anthias have a mysterious metallic green lens.
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The result is a fine-grained rock containing small traces of metallic iron.
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The theoretical upper temperature for this to happen with metallic compounds is about 40K.
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This involved heating zinc ore and charcoal with metallic copper in a closed vessel to about 1000°C.