English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an elementcompound, or alloy) that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable — that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking — as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire). About 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals, the others are nonmetals or metalloids. Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms.

See more at Wikipedia.org...

 
Metal umlaut
A metal umlaut is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of hard rock or heavy metal bands—for example those of QueensrÿcheBlue Öyster CultMotörheadThe Accüsed, and Mötley Crüe.

See more at Wikipedia.org...


© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License