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‘greek’ —>
μέταλλον
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métallon
“mine / quarry / metal”
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*a metal is a material (‘element’ / ‘compound’ / ‘alloy’) that is typically…*
‘hard’
‘opaque’
‘shiny’
*has good ‘electrical/thermal conductivity’*
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(‘metal’ is to ‘element’)
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(‘tree’ is to ‘plant’)
(why?)
(the 1st word in each link refers to a ‘generalized grouping’ of the 2nd word)
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(‘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)
(astrophysicists use the term “metal” to collectively describe all elements other than ‘hydrogen’ and ‘helium’, the simplest two, in a ‘star’)
(the star fuses smaller atoms, mostly ‘hydrogen’ and ‘helium’, to make larger ones over its lifetime)
(in that sense, the ‘metallicity’ of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of all heavier chemical elements, not just traditional metals)
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(many elements/compounds that are not normally classified as ‘metals’ become ‘metallic’ under ‘high pressure’)
(these are formed as “metallic allotropes” of “non-metals”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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