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Categories: Metallic elements, Sets of chemical elements, Articles with short description, Metals, Harv and Sfn template errors

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A metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) WordNet 3.0

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A metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. Wikipedia

A loose category of relatively dense metals and metalloids Wikipedia Disambiguation

Loosely defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties Wikidata

A metal whose specific gravity is approximately 5.0 kg/l or higher. OmegaWiki

Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. Wiktionary

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