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
Their metallic luster, generally a golden green, rivals that of our finest beetles, the Rosechafers, Buprestes and leaf beetles.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Exceptions: I, B, and C have metallic luster.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
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
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