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half-metallic

half-metallic adjective: made half of a metal and half of some other material.

Adjective (1)

half-metallic (not comparable)

  1. Made half of a metal and half of some other material.

Adjective (2)

half-metallic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a half-metal.

Origin of half-metallic

From half- + metallic.

From half-metal + -ic.

Questions about half-metallic

What does half-metallic mean?
Half-metallic means made half of a metal and half of some other material.
What part of speech is half-metallic?
Half-metallic is an adjective.

Words near half-metallic in the dictionary

  1. half-masting
  2. half-masts
  3. half-measure
  4. half-measures
  5. half-metal
  6. half-metallic
  7. half-metallicity
  8. half-metals
  9. half-mile
  10. half-monthly
  11. half-moon

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