Found 2 items, similar to metallic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: metallic metallic adj : containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; “a metallic compound”; “metallic luster”; “the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades”- Ambrose Bierce [syn: metal(a)] [ant: nonmetallic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Metallic Metallic \Me*tal"lic\, a. [L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F. m['e]tallique. See Metal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; conductive of electricity; basic; forming positive ions in solution; antacid. [1913 Webster +PJC] Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. [1913 Webster]