Platinoid Definition

plătn-oid
adjective
Resembling platinum.
Webster's New World
noun
An alloy of copper, nickel, zinc, and tungsten, having a strong resistance to electric current: used in resistors, thermocouples, etc.
Webster's New World
Any metal associated with platinum.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Platinoid

Noun

Singular:
platinoid
Plural:
platinoids

Origin of Platinoid

Platinoid Sentence Examples

  • This shunt is generally a strip of platinoid or constantin, and the working wire itself is of the same metal.

  • This is done by mounting the working wire on a metal plate made of the same metal as the working wire itself; thus if the working wire is of platinoid it must be mounted on a platinoid bar, the supports which carry the ends of the working wire being insulated from this bar by being bushed with ivory or porcelain.

  • The Platinoid Coil Was Insulated From The Water By Shellac Varnish.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLA

Words Ending With

DIDOID

Unscrambles

platinoid

Words Starting With P and Ending With D

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With D