platina

American  

[plat-n-uh, pluh-tee-nuh] / ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə /

noun

1. a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.

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platina British  

/ pləˈtiːnə, ˈplætɪnə /

noun

1. an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium

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Etymology

Origin of platina

1740–50; < Spanish: literally, silverlike element, equivalent to plat ( a ) silver (< Provençal: literally, silver plate; plate ¹ ) + -ina -ine ¹. See platinum

Example Sentences

The instrument was “composed of alternate tubs of oxygen and hydrogen through each of which passes platina foil so as to dip into separate vessels of water acidulated with sulphuric acid.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 29, 2017

Since the quota on platina foxes has already been filled, due to unloading by Norwegian furriers before the war, the fur Ripley's four Norwegians brought with them is being held in a warehouse until December.

From Time Magazine Archive

A mutation of silver fox, platina fox furs come as low as $300, as high as $12,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

To suggest the fur that wasn't there a fancy platina fox worth $11,000 was on display in the studio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph