Metallic
/məˈtælɪk/adjective
Something that is like metal or made of metal.
The car had a metallic blue color.
Often appears as...
- metallic taste
- metallic sound
adjective
Related to metals, their study or their properties.
He is specializing in metallic chemistry.
Often appears as...
- metallic chemistry
- metallic elements
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Academic
adjective
Having a harsh, unpleasant sound.
The metallic clanging of the bells was eerie.
Often appears as...
- metallic clanging
- metallic reverberation
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Literary
adjective
Something that is like metal or made of metal.
The car had a metallic blue color.
Often appears as...
- metallic taste
- metallic sound
adjective
Related to metals, their study or their properties.
He is specializing in metallic chemistry.
Often appears as...
- metallic chemistry
- metallic elements
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having a harsh, unpleasant sound.
The metallic clanging of the bells was eerie.
Often appears as...
- metallic clanging
- metallic reverberation
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Quality
Use 'metallic' to describe the sheen or shine similar to metal on surfaces.
She wore a dress with a subtle metallic sheen.
Pro Tip 2/3Color Nuance
'Metallic' describes colors with a shiny, reflective quality, not just any color.
The artist used a metallic gold paint.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Metal
Items with a metallic appearance might not be made of actual metal.
The metallic bag is actually made of plastic.
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National Geographic goes...
we add water to it. And then the other half is prepared and then sealed in these kind of metallic envelopes. And then we put those on, essentially a hot plate. I really miss you guys. - Y'all stay safe, can't wait to see you. - This was fantastic, easily the best part of press I've ever done and probably one of my favorite conversations of my life. Roger that.
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Mars Up Close, Part 4:...
that is the convection of metallic stuff in the interior of the planet that generates a magnetic field like our own protective magnetic field, which is really key for protecting an atmosphere and preventing it from being ionized away by the galactic cosmic rays and the solar energetic particles
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Everything around you...
who were not engineers. It was an artisan who knows how to make things and an artist who knows how to make things beautiful. Working with them, we created one of the best yarns in the world, which consists of thin metallic alloys wrapped around with polyester fibers and cotton fibers.
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Why is NASA sending a...
with other planetesimals that knocked off the rocky crust until only the core remained. Experiencing that many destructive collisions with no additive ones in between is statistically very unlikely, making Psyche an amazingly rare opportunity to study an exposed metallic core.
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Xiaolin Zheng: Solar...
If we look a little deeper into the solar cells, a solar cell just like a battery, as I mentioned, as all batteries you will have a positive and a negative side. The greyish color on the top and the bottom are the positive and negative part. They are metallic layers.
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Why glass towers are bad...
It's not even finished and you can see the way sunset lights up that metallic facade, which will weather to green as it ages. Buildings can be like people. Their faces broadcast their experience. And that's an important point, because when glass ages,
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How One Brilliant Woman...
story her profiles reveal the existence of complex geography of crevices metallic but perhaps most startling was the emergence of a long v-shaped cleft that ran through each of her profiles these so-called risk valleys offered support
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Deadly Buffalo Fight for...
that what every girl wants is fast flowing water rich in life-giving oxygen as the best place to lay her eggs each male in his shining metallic armor is prepared to fight for the best patch in a graceful aerial competition
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Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
in the next hundred years? Will some spasm foreclose Earth's future? Or will the biosphere stabilize? Or will some of the metallic objects launched from the Earth spawn new oases, a post-human life elsewhere?
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Democracy is not a...
dad in the world I'll call it yes come the wooden wine is infinite I'll go get the metallic red
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National Geographic goes...
we add water to it. And then the other half is prepared and then sealed in these kind of metallic envelopes. And then we put those on, essentially a hot plate. I really miss you guys. - Y'all stay safe, can't wait to see you. - This was fantastic, easily the best part of press I've ever done and probably one of my favorite conversations of my life. Roger that.
Video examples
Mars Up Close, Part 4:...
that is the convection of metallic stuff in the interior of the planet that generates a magnetic field like our own protective magnetic field, which is really key for protecting an atmosphere and preventing it from being ionized away by the galactic cosmic rays and the solar energetic particles
Video examples
Everything around you...
who were not engineers. It was an artisan who knows how to make things and an artist who knows how to make things beautiful. Working with them, we created one of the best yarns in the world, which consists of thin metallic alloys wrapped around with polyester fibers and cotton fibers.
Video examples
Why is NASA sending a...
with other planetesimals that knocked off the rocky crust until only the core remained. Experiencing that many destructive collisions with no additive ones in between is statistically very unlikely, making Psyche an amazingly rare opportunity to study an exposed metallic core.
Video examples
Xiaolin Zheng: Solar...
If we look a little deeper into the solar cells, a solar cell just like a battery, as I mentioned, as all batteries you will have a positive and a negative side. The greyish color on the top and the bottom are the positive and negative part. They are metallic layers.
Video examples
Why glass towers are bad...
It's not even finished and you can see the way sunset lights up that metallic facade, which will weather to green as it ages. Buildings can be like people. Their faces broadcast their experience. And that's an important point, because when glass ages,
Video examples
How One Brilliant Woman...
story her profiles reveal the existence of complex geography of crevices metallic but perhaps most startling was the emergence of a long v-shaped cleft that ran through each of her profiles these so-called risk valleys offered support
Video examples
Deadly Buffalo Fight for...
that what every girl wants is fast flowing water rich in life-giving oxygen as the best place to lay her eggs each male in his shining metallic armor is prepared to fight for the best patch in a graceful aerial competition
Video examples
Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
in the next hundred years? Will some spasm foreclose Earth's future? Or will the biosphere stabilize? Or will some of the metallic objects launched from the Earth spawn new oases, a post-human life elsewhere?
Video examples
Democracy is not a...
dad in the world I'll call it yes come the wooden wine is infinite I'll go get the metallic red
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Ellen Forney
American Artist
A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery.
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Alexander Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.
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Pat McGrath
I don't think there's ever going to be a time when metallics aren't going to be in. They're so gorgeous, they bring so much dimension to the face, they're easy to wear regardless of age or skin tone, and really, they're just a lot of fun.
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Alan J. Heeger
American Physicist
The transitions from metallic to critical behavior and from critical to insulating behavior have been induced with a magnetic field, and from insulating to critical and then to metallic behavior with increasing external pressure.
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Jeffree Star
American Celebrity
I love tie dye, metallic, and anything that stands out in terms of fashion. If it is fun and unique, I am into it... especially if it has aliens on it!
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Bjork
Musician
Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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Stacy London
American Entertainer
All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.
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Richard Madden
Scottish Actor
I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.
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Keith Jarrett
American Composer
I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
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Kat Graham
American Actress
I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
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Ellen Forney
American Artist
A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery.
Quote examples
Alexander Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.
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Pat McGrath
I don't think there's ever going to be a time when metallics aren't going to be in. They're so gorgeous, they bring so much dimension to the face, they're easy to wear regardless of age or skin tone, and really, they're just a lot of fun.
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Alan J. Heeger
American Physicist
The transitions from metallic to critical behavior and from critical to insulating behavior have been induced with a magnetic field, and from insulating to critical and then to metallic behavior with increasing external pressure.
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Jeffree Star
American Celebrity
I love tie dye, metallic, and anything that stands out in terms of fashion. If it is fun and unique, I am into it... especially if it has aliens on it!
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Bjork
Musician
Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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Stacy London
American Entertainer
All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.
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Richard Madden
Scottish Actor
I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.
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Keith Jarrett
American Composer
I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
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Kat Graham
American Actress
I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
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