| NOUN | substance | noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
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| Meaning | Any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation. | |
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| Narrower | gold, Au, atomic number 79 | A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element |
| platinum, Pt, atomic number 78 | A heavy precious metallic element | |
| silver, Ag, atomic number 47 | A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal | |
| Broader | metallic element, metal | Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
| Spanish | metal noble | |
| Catalan | metall noble | |
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