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metal-poor

metal-poor adjective: having a relatively low metal content.

Adjective

metal-poor (comparative more metal-poor, superlative most metal-poor)

  1. Having a relatively low metal content

Forms of metal-poor

comparativemore metal-poor
superlativemost metal-poor

Questions about metal-poor

What does metal-poor mean?
Metal-poor means having a relatively low metal content.
What part of speech is metal-poor?
Metal-poor is an adjective.

Words near metal-poor in the dictionary

  1. metal-halide lamp
  2. metal-halide lamps
  3. metal-neutral
  4. metal-organic framework
  5. metal-organic frameworks
  6. metal-poor
  7. metal-to-metal
  8. metalacyclic
  9. metalammonia
  10. metalammonium
  11. metalanguage

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