metalloid

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛtəlɔɪd/

Noun

metalloid (plural metalloids)

1. (chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.

Translations

• French: métalloïde
• German: Halbmetall, Metalloid
• Italian: metalloide, semimetallo
• Portuguese: metaloide
• Russian: металло́ид
• Spanish: semimetal, metaloide

Adjective

metalloid

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.
2. (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.
   • 1997, CMJ New Music Monthly (number 43, page 12)

     Graham Massey of 808 State turns a Björkian moan into a vibrating siren and powers his strangely metalloid version of "Army Of Me" with it; the Brodsky String Quartet turns "Hyperballad" into a stately 3-D chess game.

   • 2004, Gene Santoro, Highway 61 Revisited

     It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels.

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