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base metal any of certain common metals such as copper, lead, zinc, and tin, as distinct from the precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum base metal [′bās ¦med·əl] (chemistry) Any of the metals on the lower end of the electrochemical series. (metallurgy) The metal that is to be worked. The principal metal of an alloy. Any metal that will oxidize when heated in air. The metal of parts to be welded. Also known as parent metal. Metal to which cladding or plating is applied. Also known as basis metal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Absence is the acid-test of love that separates the base metal from the true. 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. 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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