heavy metal
any metal with a specific gravity of 5.0 or greater, especially one that is toxic to organisms, as lead, mercury, copper, and cadmium.
aggressive and heavily amplified rock music, commonly performed by groups that wear spectacular or bizarre costumes.
Origin of heavy metal
1Other words from heavy metal
- heavy-metal, adjective
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How to use heavy metal in a sentence
The seas of ancient Earth were acidic and saturated with heavy metals, and the atmosphere was mostly carbon dioxide.
Here on Earth, The Forgotten Founding Father, and Other Reviews | The Daily Beast | April 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have developed technologies on how to extract radioactive materials, how to extract heavy metals.
No Japan Effect: Steven Chu's Plan for Clean and Safe Energy in America | John Avlon | April 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThey precipitate most of the heavy metals from solutions of their salts as hydrates or oxides.
The test for other heavy metals may be made by the general method given under meats.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants | Edwin M. BruceIts compounds resemble the salts of the alkalies in some respects; and, in others, those of the heavy metals.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Before the Plague we traded heavy metals and manufactures for imports of food and potash.
Pariah Planet | Murray LeinsterWe have great abundance of all the heavy metals, but the lighter metals are rare.
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British Dictionary definitions for heavy metal
a type of rock music characterized by a strong beat and amplified instrumental effects, sometimes with violent, or nihilistic lyrics
(as modifier): a heavy-metal band
a metal with a high specific gravity
military large guns or shot
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