platinum disc

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noun

(in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
(in the US) an album or single certified to have sold one million copiesCompare gold disc, silver disc

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Words nearby platinum disc

platinous, platinum, platinum black, platinum-blond, platinum blonde, platinum disc, platinum metal, platitude, platitudinal, platitudinarian, platitudinize

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How to use platinum disc in a sentence

When heated on a platinum disc, it burns away with a bright flame, leaving no residuum.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
In this tube a platinum disc is placed at the focus of the concave cathode.
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