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platinoid

platinoid adjective: of or resembling platinum.

Adjective

platinoid (comparative more platinoid, superlative most platinoid)

  1. Of or resembling platinum.

Noun

platinoid (plural platinoids)

  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

platinoid meaning in Tamil

platinoid in Tamil

பிளாற்றினப்போலி, பிளாற்றினோயிடு

Forms of platinoid

Adjective
comparativemore platinoid
superlativemost platinoid
Noun
pluralplatinoids

Origin of platinoid

From platinum + -oid.

Questions about platinoid

What does platinoid mean?
Platinoid means of or resembling platinum.
What is platinoid in Tamil?
Platinoid in Tamil is பிளாற்றினப்போலி, பிளாற்றினோயிடு. See Platinoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is platinoid?
Platinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near platinoid in the dictionary

  1. platinocyanic acid
  2. platinocyanide
  3. platinocyanides
  4. platinode
  5. platinodes
  6. platinoid
  7. platinoids
  8. platinosis
  9. platinoso-
  10. platinotomy
  11. platinotype

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Adapted from Wiktionary: platinoid (page history and authors); platinoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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