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platinize

American  
[plat-n-ahyz] / ˈplæt nˌaɪz /
especially British, platinise

verb (used with object)

platinized, platinizing
  1. to coat or plate with metallic platinum.


platinize British  
/ ˈplætɪˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to coat with platinum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of platinize

First recorded in 1815–25; platin(um) + -ize

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Glass and crystal ware, plate and window glass, and the same silvered, quicksilvered, and platinized.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Harrison, Benjamin

It consists of a piece of platinized silver, A, on the top of which is fixed a beam of wood, B, to prevent contact with the silver.

From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Snelling, Henry Hunt

This may be remedied as far as possible by the insertion of plenty of waste pieces of platinum--if platinized, so much the better, as that facilitates the escape of the gas.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

The platinized plates thus obtained are quite satisfactory for the investigation of strong solutions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various

Asbestos prepared in this way is called platinized asbestos.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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