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☆ heavy metal

  1. any metal or alloy having a specific gravity greater than 5.0
  2. a form of rock music characterized by very loud amplification, electronic distortion, throbbing rhythms, shouted lyrics, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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