Alloy vs Metalloid - What's the difference?
alloy | metalloid |
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
*, II.20:
To mix or combine; often used of metals.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal.
(chemistry, obsolete) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.
As nouns the difference between alloy and metalloid
is that alloy is a metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal while metalloid is metalloid.As a verb alloy
is to mix or combine; often used of metals.alloy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) alai, from (etyl) aloi, from aloiier.Noun
(en noun)- Metrodorus said that in sadnesse there is some aloy of pleasure.
Derived terms
* superalloyEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
- to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
See also
* (wikipedia "alloy") *Anagrams
*metalloid
English
(wikipedia metalloid)Noun
(en noun)- (Sir Humphry Davy)