metallic element

Questions about metallic element

What does metallic element mean?

metallic element means "any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.".

What is another word for metallic element?

Close synonyms include metal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is metallic element a common word?

metallic element is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.