base metal

1. (countable, uncountable)Any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.

2. (countable, uncountable)The metal to be welded (rather than that used to weld).

3. (countable, uncountable)A common or inexpensive metal.

   a metal that is common and not considered precious

4. A common or inexpensive metal.

   (countable, uncountable)One that was hoped to be transmuted into a precious metal.

1. Tom seeks to change baser metals into gold.

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2. Alchemists tried to transmute base metals into gold and silver.

   deDie Alchimisten wollten unedle Metalle in Gold und Silber verwandeln.

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3. Alchemists tried to turn base metals such as lead into gold.

   deDie Alchimisten wollten unedle Metalle wie etwa Blei in Gold verwandeln.

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4. The philosopher's stone was a legendary substance capable of turning base metals into gold.

   deDer Stein der Weisen war eine legendäre Substanz, fähig, unedle Metalle in Gold zu verwandeln.

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5. The original acid test used hydrochloric and nitric acid to distinguish gold from base metals.

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