metalloid

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However, metal foils (or in this case a metalloid foil of aluminum) provide effective radiant barriers.

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Quick take

(not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.

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adjective

(not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.

adjective

(informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.

noun

(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for metalloid.

adjective

(not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.

adjective

(informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.

noun

(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.

Example sentences

However, metal foils (or in this case a metalloid foil of aluminum) provide effective radiant barriers.

The first was also related to metal or metalloid, a lack of it in fact.

Not to be picky here, but silicon is not a metal, but a metalloid.

Silicon is a metalloid commonly used to produce silicon wafers for integrated circuits.

Silicon isn't technically a metal anyways;) A metalloid at best.

All periodic table metal/metalloid elements can be extracted and detected.

The amount of rare earths in each solar panel may be relatively low, but it also uses a significant amount of silicon, which as a metalloid has to be mined.

I don't know; it's not really surprising that a polymer has a name reflective of the metalloid that is the key element along with oxygen in its backbone chain.

Quote examples

"The result is silicon metal and carbon monoxide." The article keeps mentioning of silicon metal, but wasn't silicon a metalloid at best?

Example, Wikipedia starts the article on "Ceramic" with: A ceramic is a non-metallic solid material comprising an inorganic compound of metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds.