earth metal

noun

Any of the four metals aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium of the boron group in the periodic table of elements.

Meanings

nounearth metal (plural earth metals)

plural earth metals

  1. obsoletechemistryAny of the four metals aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium of the boron group in the periodic table of elements.

Translations

Danish jordmetal
  • jordmetalmetal in boron group
Finnish maametalli
  • maametallimetal in boron group
Norwegian Bokmål jordmetall
  • jordmetallmetal in boron group
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Chicago

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