platinize

American  

[plat-n-ahyz] / ˈplæt nˌaɪz /

especially British, platinise

verb (used with object)

platinized, platinizing

1. to coat or plate with metallic platinum.

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platinize British  

/ ˈplætɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to coat with platinum

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Other Word Forms

• platinization
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of platinize

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

platinized

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 S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

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 Henry Hunt Snelling

Asbestos prepared in this way is called platinized asbestos.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

Each of these latter is located in front of the platinized point of a screw, v, which is affixed to a small metallic tongue.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

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 Benjamin Harrison

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