Aich's metal
() A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal
() A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal
() A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal
() A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Kingston metal
() An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal
(n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal
(n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal
(n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal
(n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal
(n.) Courage |
Metal
(n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal
(n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal
(n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal
(n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal
(v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal
() See under Metal. |
Trace
(n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn |
Trace
(v. t.) A mark left by anything passing |
Trace
(v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis |
Trace
(v. t.) A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists |
Trace
(v. t.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. |
Trace
(v. t.) The ground plan of a work or works. |
Trace
(v. t.) To mark out |
Trace
(v. t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded |
Trace
(v. t.) Hence, to follow the trace or track of. |
Trace
(v. t.) To copy |
Trace
(v. t.) To walk over |
Trace
(v. i.) To walk |
Tula metal
() An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal
() A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
explosive trace detection
ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw
hack saw
metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
| liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
| metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
| metal screw | screw made of metal |
| metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
plating
metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
| trace | either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree |
| trace detector | a screening device for traces of explosives, used at airline terminals |
tracing
trace | a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image |
engram
memory trace | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory |
| trace program | a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program |
trace
vestige
tincture
shadow | an indication that something has been present, there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim, a tincture of condescension |
| trace | a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| touch trace ghost | a suggestion of some quality, there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone, he detected a ghost of a smile on her face |
| metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
| precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage
mintage
specie
metal money | coins collectively |
trace
hint suggestion | a just detectable amount, he speaks French with a trace of an accent |
alloy
metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
| heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
| base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
| terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element
metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
| noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
| road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |
alkali metal
alkaline metal | any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium), the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline |
alkaline earth
alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
| fusible metal | an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses |
| pot metal | an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots |
Monel metal
Monell metal | an alloy of nickel and copper and other metals (such as iron and
or manganese and
or aluminum) |
| type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type |
white metal
bearing metal | an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings |
alpha-beta brass
Muntz metal
yellow metal | a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass, used in making castings and hot-worked products |
Babbitt metal
babbitt | an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony, a lining for bearings that reduces friction |
| bell metal | bronze with or parts copper to part tin, used in making bells |
| Britannia metal | an alloy similar to pewter |
| pot metal | cast iron used for making cooking wares |
| cheoplastic metal | any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teeth |
| scrap metal | discarded metal suitable for reprocessing, he finally sold the car for scrap metal |
| gilding metal | a brass that is rich in copper, used to make articles that were to be gilded |
| grid metal | a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries |
| misch metal | a pyrophoric alloy made from a mixture of rare-earth metals |