"base metal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: base metals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} base metal (countable and uncountable, plural base metals)
  1. (electrochemistry) Any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series): 賤金屬 /贱金属 (Chinese Mandarin), 卑金屬 /卑金属 (bēijīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), epäjalo metalli (Finnish), métal de base [masculine] (French), metal nieszlachetny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-base_metal-en-noun-CZQK1ZG4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Electrochemistry, Types of chemical element Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 29 1 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 16 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 26 1 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 26 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 24 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 25 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 59 26 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 27 5 16 Disambiguation of Electrochemistry: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 41 31 14 15 Topics: chemistry, electrochemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series': 83 9 3 5
  2. (metallurgy) The metal to be welded (rather than that used to weld). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (metal to be welded): 母材 (Chinese Mandarin), 基材 (Chinese Mandarin), perusmetalli (Finnish), metal nieszlachetny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-base_metal-en-noun-p3LcJcIh Categories (other): Metallurgy, Metals Disambiguation of Metals: 17 47 18 18 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'metal to be welded': 20 60 9 11
  3. A common or inexpensive metal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-base_metal-en-noun-Ws8lcSEl
  4. A common or inexpensive metal.
    (chiefly alchemy) one that was hoped to be transmuted into a precious metal.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-base_metal-en-noun-cgPA3178 Categories (other): Alchemy Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: noble metal Translations (common or inexpensive metal): 賤金屬 /贱金属 (Chinese Mandarin), 普通金屬 /普通金属 (pǔtōng jīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), perusmetalli (Finnish), métal de base [masculine] (French), metal nieszlachetny [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'common or inexpensive metal': 2 2 48 48

Inflected forms

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