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
The eyes were positively beautiful, of a rich chestnut hue, covered with golden white dots, which shone with a metallic luster.
From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph
A great bluebottle fly, shining with a metallic luster, reposed in an ecstasy of feasting, sipping through its long proboscis the dark-colored liquid that dripped slowly from a mushroom.
From The Mad Planet by Leinster, Murray
Metals have a metallic luster which is peculiar to themselves; and this, for the present, may be regarded as their chief characteristic.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
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