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platinoids

platinoids is the plural of platinoid.

Meaning of platinoid

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

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Questions about platinoids

What is platinoids the plural of?
Platinoids is the plural of platinoid.

Words near platinoids in the dictionary

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

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