Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Imperfectly or partially metallic: as, the submetallic luster of wolfram.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Imperfectly metallic.
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- adjective mineralogy Having a
lustre like that ofmetal , butduller and lessreflective .
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Examples
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Olive green, submetallic; edge of the scales blackish; upper lip, chin, and ventral plates greenish-white; head moderate, elongate, depressed; head shields normal; hinder frontal and front of superciliary shield expanded on the sides, and bent down on the cheeks.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855
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