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symmetalism

American  
[sim-met-l-iz-uhm] / sɪmˈmɛt lˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. the use of two or more metals, such as gold and silver, combined in assigned proportions as a monetary standard.

Etymology

Origin of symmetalism

1890–95; sym- + -metallism, as in bimetallism

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