Saturday, June 1, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: metalline

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metalline
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# {{chemistry|dated}} A [[substance]] of [[variable]] [[composition]], but resembling a soft, dark-coloured [[metal]], used in the [[bearing]]s of [[machine]]s to reduce [[friction]], and as a [[substitute]] for [[lubricant]]s.

  

# {{chemistry|dated}} A [[substance]] of [[variable]] [[composition]], but resembling a soft, dark-coloured [[metal]], used in the [[bearing]]s of [[machine]]s to reduce [[friction]], and as a [[substitute]] for [[lubricant]]s.
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===Adjective===
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{{en-adj}}
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# {{chemistry}} Relating to, or resembling, a [[metal]]; [[metallic]].
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#: '''''metalline''' properties''
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# Impregnated with metallic [[salt]]s; [[chalybeate]].
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#: '''''metalline''' water''
   
 

{{Webster 1913}}

  

{{Webster 1913}}

Latest revision as of 22:50, 1 June 2013

Contents

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

metal +‎ -ine?

Noun[edit]

metalline (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, dated) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.

Adjective[edit]

metalline (comparative more metalline, superlative most metalline)

  1. (chemistry) Relating to, or resembling, a metal; metallic.
    metalline properties
  2. Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate.
    metalline water

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

metalline f

  1. Plural form of metallina
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