transition metal
transition metal
nounDefinition of TRANSITION METAL
: any of various metallic elements (as chromium, iron, and nickel) that have valence electrons in two shells instead of only one —called also transition element
Origin of TRANSITION METAL
from their being transitional between the more highly and the less highly electropositive elements
First Known Use: 1940
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