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half-metallic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
half-metal-lic
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made half of a metal and half of some other material.

adj

Of or relating to a half-metal.

Etymology

From half- + metallic.

Questions

What does half-metallic mean?
Made half of a metal and half of some other material.
Where does half-metallic come from?
From half- + metallic.

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