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metalline

[ met-l-in, -ahyn ]

adjective

  1. containing one or more metals or metallic salts.


metalline

/ ˈmɛtəˌlaɪn /

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or relating to metals
  2. containing metals or metal ions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of metalline1

1425–75; late Middle English metalline < Medieval Latin metallīnus of metal. See metal, -ine 1
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Example Sentences

My cheeks were of that metalline description that never knew a blush, before an audience of one or many.

If it be asked, what thickness of a metalline rod may be supposed sufficient?

The kite had three metalline points fixed to it: one on the top, and one on each side.

The fundamental principle of alchemy was the natural process of development of metalline bodies.

Of all the metalline calces that of Antimony is most easily reduced.

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