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trimetal en · ADJ

Etymology

From tri- + metal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Composed of or containing three types of metal.
    • All bimetal and trimetal solutions tested with any of the biomass showed antagonistic behavior for Cu, Zn, and Cd biosorption, resulting in a 12–49% reduction in the amount of metal uptake in comparison with removal in single-metal solutions. 2009, Lawrence K. Wang, Jiaping Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung, Heavy Metals in the Environment, →ISBN, page 112:
    • Trimetal plates usually have a zinc, steel, stainless steel, or aluminum base. 1983, Raymond N. Blair, The Lithographers manual, page 10-26:
    • In the diesel engines under discussion, modern bimetal or trimetal, split sleeve, precision type main bearings are used exclusively. 2008, United States Navy, The Fleet Type Submarine Main Propulsion Diesels Manual, →ISBN, page 37: