METAGRAPHIC
Met`a*graph"ic, a.
Defn: By or pertaining to metagraphy.
METAGRAPHY
Me*tag"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Pref. meta- + -graphy.]
Defn: The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration. Stormonth.
METAL
Met"al ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F. métal, L. metallum metal, mine, Gr.
Mettle, Medal.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
Note: Popularly, the name is applied to certain hard, fusible metals, as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc, nickel, etc., and also to the mixed metals, or metallic alloys, as brass, bronze, steel, bell metal, etc.
2. Ore from which a metal is derived; — so called by miners. Raymond.
3. A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor.