metalline

English

Etymology

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

Noun

metalline (uncountable)

  1. (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

metalline (comparative more metalline, superlative most metalline)

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

References
  1. “metallīne, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. “metalline, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Noun

metalline f

  1. plural of metallina
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