"heavy metal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heavy metals [plural]
Etymology: The origin of the music genre sense is often disputed; it was used by William S. Burroughs in Soft Machine and Nova Express and various music critics claim to have coined it: Sandy Pearlman, Lester Bangs and Mike Saunders. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heavy metal (countable and uncountable, plural heavy metals)
  1. (sciences, countable) Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. (There are many different definitions of what counts as a heavy metal; see Heavy metals for a discussion.) Tags: countable Categories (topical): Sciences, Metals, Types of chemical element Derived forms: heavy metal umlaut Related terms: acid rock Translations (type of metal): metall pesant [masculine] (Catalan), 重金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 重金属 (zhòngjīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tungmetal [neuter] (Danish), pezmetalo (Esperanto), raskasmetalli (Finnish), métal lourd [masculine] (French), metal pesado [masculine] (Galician), Schwermetall [neuter] (German), aatsitassaq oqimaatsoq (Greenlandic), nehézfém (Hungarian), 重金属 (jūkinzoku) (alt: じゅうきんぞく) (Japanese), លោហធាតុធ្ងន់ (loohthiətothngŭən) (Khmer), 중금속 (junggeumsok) (alt: 重金屬) (Korean), logam berat (Malay), tungmetall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungmetall [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metal pesado [masculine] (Portuguese), metal greu [neuter] (Romanian), тяжёлый мета́лл (tjažólyj metáll) [masculine] (Russian), hivy metal (Scots), heivy metal (Scots), metal pesado [masculine] (Spanish), tungmetall [common-gender] (Swedish), โลหะหนัก (Thai), ağır metal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heavy_metal-en-noun-siHuoTH1 Disambiguation of Metals: 44 42 4 10 Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 43 40 4 13 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'type of metal': 100 0 0 0
  2. (music, uncountable) A genre descended from rock music, characterized by massive sound, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness, often with extended guitar solos, and lyrics that involve aggressive or fantastic imagery. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres, Metals, Types of chemical element Translations (genre of music): مُوسِيقَى الْمِيتَال (mūsīqā l-mītāl) [feminine] (Arabic), هيفي ميتال (hīfī mītāl) [masculine] (Arabic), хэ́ві-мэ́тал (xévi-métal) [masculine] (Belarusian), хе́ви ме́тъл (hévi métǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 重金屬音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 重金属音乐 (zhòngjīnshǔ yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), heavy metal [masculine] (Dutch), metalroko (Esperanto), heavy metal (Finnish), hevi (Finnish), heavy metal [masculine] (French), heavy metal (Galician), metal [masculine] (Galician), მძიმე მეტალი (mʒime meṭali) (Georgian), Heavy Metal [masculine] (German), Metal [masculine] (German), הבי מטאל (Hebrew), heavy metal (Hungarian), هِوی مِتال (hevi metâl) (Iranian Persian), heavy metal [masculine] (Italian), ヘヴィメタル (hevimetaru) (Japanese), ヘビーメタル (hebīmetaru) (Japanese), ヘビメタ (hebimeta) (Japanese), メタル (metaru) (Japanese), 헤비 메탈 (english: hebi metal) (Korean), हेव्ही मेटल (hevhī meṭal) [neuter] (Marathi), heavy metal [masculine] (Polish), heavy metal [masculine] (Portuguese), metal [masculine] (Portuguese), хе́ви-ме́тал (xɛ́vi-mɛ́tal) [masculine] (Russian), мета́лл (metáll) (alt: музыка) [masculine] (Russian), heavy metal (Scots), hivy metal (Scots), heivy metal (Scots), rock pesado [masculine] (Spanish), heavy metal [masculine] (Spanish), heavy metal [common-gender] (Swedish), hårdrock [common-gender] (Swedish), เฮฟวีเมทัล (Thai), хе́ві-ме́тал (xévi-métal) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-heavy_metal-en-noun-G7z4ycSo Disambiguation of Metals: 44 42 4 10 Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 43 40 4 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 56 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 65 2 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 58 2 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'genre of music': 10 84 3 3
  3. (uncountable) guns or shot of large size. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-heavy_metal-en-noun-qnasvtbu
  4. (uncountable, figurative) Great influence or power. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Metals, Types of chemical element
    Sense id: en-heavy_metal-en-noun-njTuZi0z Disambiguation of Metals: 44 42 4 10 Disambiguation of Types of chemical element: 43 40 4 13

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