metalline

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English metallyne, from Middle French metalin^[1] and Latin metallinus.^[2] By surface analysis, metal +‎ -ine.

Noun edit

metalline (uncountable)

(chemistry, dated) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.

Adjective edit

metalline (comparative more metalline, superlative most metalline)

(chemistry) Relating to, or resembling, a metal; metallic.
metalline properties
Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate.
metalline water

References edit

^ “metallīne, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ “metalline, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “metalline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian edit

Noun edit

metalline f

plural of metallina

[1] “metallīne, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[2] “metalline, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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