platinizev.
/ˈplatᵻnʌɪz/, /ˈplatn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈplætnˌaɪz/ transitive. To coat or plate with platinum.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal > with specific metal
tin1398
leadc1440
ironc1450
lay1472
copper1530
braze1552
silverize1605
foliate1665
plate1686
whiten1687
foil1714
blanch1729
quicken1738
amalgam1789
quick1790
aluminize1791
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zincify1801
platinize1825
resilver1832
galvanize1839
electroplate1843
zinc1843
electro-silver1851
platinate1858
electrotin1859
white-lead1863
palladiumize1864
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brassc1865
nickelize1865
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sherardize1904
steel1911
stellite1934
flame-plate1954
steel-face1961
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 721 Porcelain and other wares may be platinised, silvered, tinned, and bronzed.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 138 This toning may consist of gilding the silver image, platinising it, or substituting some other metal for it.
1929 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 18 140 If the surface to be platinized is inaccessible to direct contact with the flame..a good mirror will not be formed.
1962 D. Glick Quantitative Chem. Techniques Histo- & Cytochem. I. iii. 116 Electrostatic effects can be disturbing, and it would be well to platinize and ground the helix and at least part of the housing.
1986 Science 3 Jan. 34/1 Typically, the contact..would be expected to be an ohmic contact; this would lead to poor performance, as is often found in attempts to platinize p-WS2.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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