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Webster 1828 Edition


Semi-metal

SEM'I-METAL

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Noun.
[semi and metal.] An imperfect metal, or rather a metal that is not malleable,
as bismuth, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, zinc, antimony, maganese, tungsten, molybden, and uranite. The name however is usually given to the regulus of these substances.