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having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass. |
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| the property or power of conducting heat, electricity, or sound. |
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| capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable. |
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| the state or quality of shining by reflecting light |
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| of or pertaining to a magnet or magnetism |
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capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers. |
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| any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured |
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| an element that has both metallic and nonmetallic properties, as arsenic, silicon, or boron. |
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an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen. |
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a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor |
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| giving out or capable of giving out a sound |
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