1. metals - Noun
2. metals - Verb
metals
plural of metal
metals pl (plural only)
(rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network
It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971.
metals
third-person singular simple present indicative of metal
Additionally, because they're delocalized and very fast, kinetic thermal energy conducts extremely quickly through metals with abundant conduction electrons. Source: Internet
Advances in high-temperature metals, computer modelling and nuclear engineering in general resulted in dramatically improved performance. Source: Internet
Additionally, obtaining low-threshold devices on both PMOS and NMOS devices would likely require the use of different metals for each device type, introducing additional complexity to the fabrication process. Source: Internet
A disadvantage is that metals commonly found in industries such as steel and copper are oxidized faster by untreated water and steam. Source: Internet
Across these three distributions, trace metals have different residence times and are used to varying extents by planktonic microorganisms. Source: Internet
After being hit hard by El Niño in 1998, fisheries exports have recovered, and minerals and metals exports recorded large gains in 2001 and 2002, mostly as a result of the opening of the Antamina copper-zinc mine. Source: Internet