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Noble metal Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Noble metal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation

2

A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold, platinum, copper and mercury.

See Also
base metal tarnishing mercury precious metal noble metals platinum corrosion noble gas
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metallic element
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
gold platinum silver
Rhyming Words
tal ital ctal total ectal octal petal dital rotal metal katal ketal fetal cital ental setal attal ictal natal notal
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