metallic luster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of metallic luster
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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All exhibit high thermal and electrical conductivity, metallic luster, and malleability.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Nonmetallic minerals may be shiny, although their vitreous shine is different from metallic luster.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Gaudy butterflies fluttered about my horse’s head; strangely formed beetles, glittering with metallic luster, were crawling upon plants that I had never seen before; multitudes of lizards, too, were darting like lightning over the sand.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
Properties and Occurrence.—As is a grayish white solid, of metallic luster, while a few of its characters are non-metallic.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
Nearby, whitening, dead, lay the fresh-water fry, tench, for the most part, insufferably noisome, glittering with the subdued metallic luster of poisonous tropical fruit.
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Arthur Livingston
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