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platina

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pla·ti·na  (pl-tn)
n.
Platinum, especially as found naturally in impure form.
[Spanish, diminutive of plata, silver, plate, from Vulgar Latin *plattus; see plate.]
platina [ˈplætɪnə pləˈtiːnə]
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium
[from Spanish: silvery element, from plata silver, from Provençal: silver plate]


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The streams under the furnaces gave out to the sponges of platina a heat which was regularly kept up and distributed.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.
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