noble metal

English

Noun

noble metal (plural noble metals)

(inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold, platinum, copper and mercury.
Synonym: perfect metal

Usage notes

So termed because they resist being made base. Chemists recognize them as the platinum group of elements.

Translations

metal resistant to corrosion

Czech: ušlechtilý kov m
Danish: ædelmetal (da) n
Esperanto: nobla metalo
Finnish: jalometalli (fi)
Galician: metal nobre m
German: Edelmetall (de) n
Hungarian: nemesfém (hu)

Irish: miotal lómhar m, miotal uasal m
Malay: logam adi
Norwegian: edelmetall n
Polish: metal szlachetny m
Russian: благоро́дный мета́лл (ru) m (blagoródnyj metáll)
Spanish: metal noble m

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