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
They are yellowish brown with a metallic luster, and have several dull whitish streaks and spots.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
At one end was a gigantic Christmas tree, from the branches of which glowed a myriad of electric lights and sparkled innumerable baubles of vivid coloring and metallic luster.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
It was indeed a jacamar, of which the plumage shines with a metallic luster.
From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules
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