base metal

(Alchemy) any of certain common metals such as copper, lead, zinc, and tin, as distinct from the precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum

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base′ met′al

any metal other than a precious or noble metal.

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Noun

base metal - a metal that is common and not considered precious; "lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals"

metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

Translations

metallo vile

base metal

n → unedles Metall

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base metal

n → metallo vile

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Paper money may deceive the ignorant, but nobody is deceived by tokens of base metal that have no value but merely jingle.

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Absence is the acid-test of love that separates the base metal from the true.

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It is all a groping and ignorant effort to construct out of base metal and brass filings, so to speak, something to take the place of that golden treasure denied them by Nature, a child.

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Pretending to look earnestly at this respectable person's stomach, Roderick assured him that his snake was a copper-head and had been generated by the immense quantities of that base metal with which he daily defiled his fingers.

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No difference in this respect between the base metals and the precious.

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(TSXV: FG) ("Falcon" or the "Company") reports it has commenced an exploration sampling program on its Wabunk Bay gold and base metal property located in the Red Lake District of northwestern Ontario.

Falcon Commences Exploration on Wabunk Bay Property, Red Lake Ontario

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AusQuest Limited - Base Metal Target Identified at Balladonia-Fraser Range Province, WA

M2 PRESSWIRE-August 12, 2019-: Global Base Metal Smelters Derived Sulfuric Acid Market Report by Supply, Demand, Sale, Price, Revenue and Share to 2025

Global Base Metal Smelters Derived Sulfuric Acid Market Report by Supply, Demand, Sale, Price, Revenue and Share to 2025

The melting temperature of a braze alloy should generally be higher than 450AC, but not more than the melting temperature of the base metal. At its melting point, braze alloy melts and distributes itself between the work pieces due to the capillary action.

Braze Alloys Market Analysis Showcases Growth Trends and Opportunity Forecasted Until 2018 -- 2026

Summary: Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): Engineering major Larsen & Toubro said on Thursday its metallurgical and material handling business has been awarded a large order from Ma'aden Gold and Base Metal Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia Mining Company, for setting up the Mansourah Massarrah gold project.

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Director of the Ministry of Finance's statistics department, Tsai Mei-na told CNA that higher crude oil and base metal prices also contributed to rising Taiwanese exports.

Taiwan's May exports increase 14% year-on-year