electrum
Americannoun
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an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
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an alloy composed of about 50 percent copper, 30 percent nickel, and 20 percent zinc.
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German silver; nickel silver.
noun
Etymology
Origin of electrum
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek ḗlektron amber, alloy of gold and silver
Example Sentences
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This song has an axis of electrum, chile.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022
Responsible banking opinion everywhere last week treated electrum talk as September madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before Croesus the Greeks used coins of a gold and silver alloy called electrum.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet if silver be parted from the electrum, then gold remains and not electrum; if silver be taken away from Stannum, then lead remains and not Stannum.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Then said Uba-aner, 'Bring me my casket of ebony and electrum.'
From Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
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