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Met"a*lep`sy (?), n. (Chem.)
Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis. [R.]

Met`a*lep"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;]
1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.

2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic
motion of a muscle.

3. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to,
concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.

Met`a*lep"tic*al (?), a.
Metaleptic. -- Met`a*lep"tic*al*ly,
adv.

Me*tal"lic (?), a. [L.
metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F.
métallique. See Metal.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling
metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic
alloy.

2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or
characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as
contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid;
positive.

Metallic iron, iron in the state of the
metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron.


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