platina

[ plat-n-uh, pluh-tee-nuh ]

/ ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə /

noun

a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.

Origin of platina

1740–50; <Spanish: literally, silverlike element, equivalent to plat(a) silver (<Provençal: literally, silver plate; see plate¹) + -ina-ine¹. See platinum

Words nearby platina

platform shoe, platform tennis, platform ticket, Plath, Plath, Sylvia, platina, platinate, plating, Platini, platinic, platinic acid

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Example sentences from the Web for platina

So when Myrtle walks in with a platina fox jacket and says you bought it, he gets mighty suspicious.
Castle of Terror|E.J. Liston
To prove this, I arranged ten pairs of amalgamated zinc and platina plates with dilute sulphuric acid in the form of a battery.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1|Michael Faraday
Platina, the celebrated author of the lives of the first hundred popes, belonged to it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8|Various
A spiral slip of platina foil immersed in the liquid may tend to equalise its ebullition.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

Varieties of colour may be given by substituting the salt of gold, platina, copper, &c. for the solution of silver.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827|Various

British Dictionary definitions for platina

platina

/ (ˈplætɪnə, pləˈtiːnə) /

noun

an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium

Word Origin for platina

C18: from Spanish: silvery element, from plata silver, from Provençal: silver plate

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单词	platina
释义	platina [ plat-n-uh, pluh-tee-nuh ] / ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə / noun a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc. Origin of platina 1740–50; <Spanish: literally, silverlike element, equivalent to plat(a) silver (<Provençal: literally, silver plate; see plate¹) + -ina-ine¹. See platinum Words nearby platina platform shoe, platform tennis, platform ticket, Plath, Plath, Sylvia, platina, platinate, plating, Platini, platinic, platinic acid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for platina So when Myrtle walks in with a platina fox jacket and says you bought it, he gets mighty suspicious. Castle of Terror\|E.J. Liston To prove this, I arranged ten pairs of amalgamated zinc and platina plates with dilute sulphuric acid in the form of a battery. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1\|Michael Faraday Platina, the celebrated author of the lives of the first hundred popes, belonged to it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8\|Various A spiral slip of platina foil immersed in the liquid may tend to equalise its ebullition. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure Varieties of colour may be given by substituting the salt of gold, platina, copper, &c. for the solution of silver. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827\|Various British Dictionary definitions for platina platina / (ˈplætɪnə, pləˈtiːnə) / noun an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium Word Origin for platina C18: from Spanish: silvery element, from plata silver, from Provençal: silver plate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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