Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - platinum
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1. Platinum is a very valuable, silvery-grey metal. It is often used for making jewellery. N-UNCOUNT 2. Platinum hair is very fair, almost white. ...a platinum blonde with thick eye shadow and scarlet lipstick. COLOUR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish platina, from diminutive of plata silver — more at plate Date: 1808 1. a precious grayish-white noncorroding ductile malleable heavy metallic element that fuses with difficulty and is used especially in chemical ware and apparatus, as a catalyst, and in dental and jewelry alloys — see element table 2. a moderate gray II. adjective Date: 1971 qualifying for a ~ record ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. Chem. a ductile malleable silvery-white metallic element occurring naturally in nickel and copper ores, unaffected by simple acids and fusible only at a very high temperature, used in making jewellery and laboratory apparatus. Usage Symb.: Pt. Phrases and idioms platinum black platinum in powder form like lampblack. platinum blonde (or blond) adj. silvery-blond. --n. a person with silvery-blond hair. platinum metal any metallic element found with and resembling platinum e.g. osmium, iridium, and palladium. Etymology: mod.L f. earlier platina f. Sp., dimin. of plata silver ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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metal металл платиновой группы; PLATINUM black платиновая чернь; PLATINUM blonde coll. очень светлая блондинка PLATINUM noun 1) платина 2) attr. платиновый; - platinum metal - platinum black - platinum blonde ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1812, from Sp. platina "platinum," dim. of plata "silver," from V.L. *plattus "flat." So called because the element looks like silver. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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