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latten

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lat·ten  (ltn)
n.
1. Brass or an alloy resembling brass, hammered thin and formerly used in the manufacture of church vessels.
2. A thin sheet of metal, especially of tin.

[Middle English laton, from Old French, from Arabic ltn, probably from Old Turkic altun, gold; akin to Mongolian altan.]
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Noun1.lattenlatten - brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
brass - an alloy of copper and zinc

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As compaction pressure is increased, green compression and splitting tensile strengths increase until the curves f latten out (Fig.
 
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