noun🔗ShareMetalloideAn element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal."Silicon, germanium, and arsenic are examples of metalloids, elements used in electronics because they can sometimes conduct electricity like metals and sometimes block it like nonmetals. "Silizium, Germanium und Arsen sind Beispiele für Metalloide, Elemente, die in der Elektronik verwendet werden, weil sie manchmal Elektrizität wie Metalle leiten und manchmal wie Nichtmetalle blockieren können.elementmaterialsubstancechemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMetalloideThe metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined."The metalloids in the chemical experiment were difficult to identify precisely because their metallic properties were somewhat unclear. "Die Metalloide in dem chemischen Experiment waren schwer genau zu identifizieren, weil ihre metallischen Eigenschaften etwas unklar waren.elementchemistrysubstancematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading