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platinoid en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum English -oid English platinoid From platinum + -oid.

Meanings

1. Of or resembling platinum.

Forms

platinoid en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum English -oid English platinoid From platinum + -oid.

Meanings

1. Any of several metals that resemble platinum in their chemistry, especially osmium, iridium and palladium.
2. An alloy of copper (60%), zinc (24%), nickel (14%), tungsten (2%), and once used in heating elements.
   • He explained that the wires in modern coils were of a compound called platinoid lately discovered by F. W. Martino. 1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (2)

el πλατινοειδής (metal resembling platinum) · fi platinoidi (metal resembling platinum)