METAL

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metal I. substantiv

1. metal.

2. materie, substanţă.

3. (metal.) aliaj cu metal; obiect din metal; aur; tuci, fier turnat.

4. (tehn.) sticlă topită (în stare de fuziune).

5. (drumuri) pietriş; balast;

road metal grămadă de pietriş / prundiş pentru drumuri.

6. (fig.) infocare, ardoare, iuţeală, aprindere (v. mettle I, 2).

7. plural (ferov.) şine;

the train left / ran off the metals trenul a sărit de pe linie / a deraiat.

8. (mar., mil.) calibru; număr de tunuri.

9. (chim.) metal elementar.

10. (poligr.) aliaj de plumb pentru litere.

metal II. verb tranzitiv

1. a acoperi, a înveli, a căptuşi cu metal.

2. (drum) a pava cu pietriş, a pietrui.

3. (ferov.) a pune balast pe (un terasament).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Our gas was lit and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for the table had not been cleared yet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suddenly, as I looked ahead, the gleam of metal caught my eye from amid the thick gorse-bushes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Upon cell entry and release from the polymer-metal complex, cisplatin forms highly reactive, charged platinum complexes that bind to nucleophilic groups such as GC-rich sites in DNA, inducing intrastrand and interstrand DNA cross-linking, DNA-protein cross-linking and, subsequently, tumor cell apoptosis and growth inhibition.

(Micellar Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Cisplatin NC-6004, NCI Thesaurus)

Having to do with metal.

(Metallic, NCI Dictionary)

Whereupon I was at much pains to describe to him the use of money, the materials it was made of, and the value of the metals; that when a Yahoo had got a great store of this precious substance, he was able to purchase whatever he had a mind to; the finest clothing, the noblest houses, great tracts of land, the most costly meats and drinks, and have his choice of the most beautiful females.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Upon the fact that Sophy and I had been engaged for a long period, and that Sophy, with the permission of her parents, was more than content to take me—in short, said Traddles, with his old frank smile, on our present Britannia-metal footing.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“Heavy metal!” cried Jackson.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A team of scientists used liquid metal and a liquid electrolyte to convert gaseous CO2 into a solid, coal-like substance, a breakthrough that could change the ways carbon is removed from the atmosphere and permanently stored.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, Editura Global Info)

University of Cambridge and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain used the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) to observe WASP-127b, a giant gaseous planet with partly clear skies and strong signatures of metals in its atmosphere.

(Multiple metals – and possible signs of water – found in unique exoplanet, University of Cambridge)

In the smaller pocket on the right side, were several round flat pieces of white and red metal, of different bulk; some of the white, which seemed to be silver, were so large and heavy, that my comrade and I could hardly lift them.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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