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metallicity

metallicity noun: the quality or state of being metallic.

Noun

metallicity (plural metallicities)

  1. The quality or state of being metallic.
  2. The abundance of elements heavier than helium in stars as a result of nucleosynthesis.

Forms of metallicity

pluralmetallicities

Origin of metallicity

From metallic + -ity.

Words formed from metallicity

Questions about metallicity

What does metallicity mean?
Metallicity means the quality or state of being metallic.
What part of speech is metallicity?
Metallicity is a noun.
What is the plural of metallicity?
The plural of metallicity is metallicities.

Words near metallicity in the dictionary

  1. metallical
  2. metallically
  3. metallician
  4. metallicians
  5. metallicities
  6. metallicity
  7. metallicize
  8. metallicized
  9. metallicizes
  10. metallicizing
  11. metallick

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