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Definition of Semimetallic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
Definition of Semimetallic
1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) Of or partaining to a semimetal. ¹
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Definition of Semimetallic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Semimetallic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Semimetallic
Literary usage of Semimetallic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"Lustre 1, semimetallic. Feels greasy. Hardness 3 to 4. Brittle. Moderately heavy.
... Internal lustre 1 to 2, semimetallic. Fracture fibrous. ..."
2. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"Lustre shining and semimetallic. Fracture foliated with a double nearly rectangular
cleavage. Fragments indeterminate angular. Translucent on the edges. ..."
3. Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis by Thomas Thomson (1836)
"The colour is black; the lustre splendent and semimetallic. Sometimes beautifully
iridescent. It is opaque, and breaks usually with a conchoidal fracture. ..."
4. A Text-book of Important Minerals and Rocks by Samuel Escue Tillman (1900)
"The method of procedure in the determination of minerals should be as follows:
Take up the specimen and note its luster, whether metallic, semimetallic, ..."
5. Pyrology: Or Fire Chemistry; a Science Interesting to the General by William Alexander Ross (1875)
"(i) Platinum fused, in about equal proportion, with pure gold on a charcoal mortar
over aluminum, affords an extremely thin, pink, semimetallic-looking ..."
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