métal de transitioncommon nounEtymologyexpandsee metal and transitionDefinition1. Chemical element of the d-block of the periodic table that is neither a lanthanide nor an actinide, i.e., the 38 elements from period 4 to 7 and groups 3 to 12, excluding lutetium and lawrencium, or an atomic number between 21 and 30, 39 and 48, 72 and 80, or 104 and 112.chimieexpandHyperonymsélément chimiquemétalHyponymsargentcadmiumchromecobaltcoperniciumcuivredarmstadtiumdubniumferhafniumhassiumiridiummanganèsemeitnériummercuremolybdènenickelniobiumorosmiumpalladiumplatinerhéniumrhodiumroentgeniumruthéniumrutherfordiumscandiumseaborgiumtantaletechnétiumtitanetungstènevanadiumyttriumzinczirconiumTranslationsgerman:Übergangsmetallenglish:transition metalchinese:过渡金属korean:전이 금속japanese:遷移金属swedish:övergångsmetall