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semi-metal (iou)



semi-metal noun. M17.
[from SEMI- + METAL noun.]
A material having a partly metallic character in its physical properties (formerly malleability, now esp. electrical conductivity); spec. an element (as arsenic, antimony, bismuth) or other substance having properties intermediate between those of metals and those of semiconductors or non-metals; a metalloid.
semi-me'tallic adjective partly metallic; spec. of the nature of a semi-metal M18.