Look up: Platinum

1. platinum
   [Adjective] A platinum record is one which sells between 300, 000 and 600,000 copies in the UK, and over one million in the USA.
   Example: The pop singer made it to a platinum record with his latest release.
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2. platinum
   [n] - a heavy precious metallic element
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3. Platinum
   Platinum is a member of the platinum group metals and is lustrous, malleable and ductile. Of the group of six metals (Pt, Pd, Os, Ir, Rh and Ru), it is the most important. It is unaffected by oxygen and water and is only soluble in aqua regia or fused alkalis. Applications for platinum are many and ...
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4. Platinum
   A metallic silvery-white chemical element with the properties of being hard and relatively inert, and having a very high melting point. Commonly used in jewellery, electrical and laboratory equipment, and industrial catalysts.
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5. Platinum
   A noble metal which in its pure form is the negative wire of Type R and Type S thermocouples.
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6. platinum
   a greyish-white,soft and ductile metal,not tarnished at room temperature and resistant to acids except aqua regia Category: Chemistry
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7. platinum
   Valuable, rare and untarnishable, silvery-white metal-harder, stronger and with a higher melting point than gold. Platinum was first used to make jewellery in South America from the 15thC, both in its pure form and mixed with gold. It only appeared in Europe as a decorative medium in the mid-19thC when the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe made it possible to …
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8. Platinum
   Plat'i·num noun [ New Latin , from Spanish platina , from plata silver, Late Latin plata a thin plate of metal. See Plate , and confer Platina .] (Chemistry) A metallic element, intermediate in value between s...
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9. platinum
   <chemistry> A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterised by its resistance to stron...
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10. platinum
    Pt noun a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
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11. platinum
    (Pt) (plat´ĭ-nәm) a chemical element, atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.09.
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12. Platinum
    • (n.) A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chem...
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13. platinum
    (Pt), chemical element, the best known and most widely used of the six platinum metals of Group VIIIb, Periods 5 and 6, of the periodic table. A very ... [12 related articles]
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14. platinum
    platinum (plăt'unum) , metallic chemical element; symbol Pt; at. no. 78; at. wt. 195.08; m.p. 1,772°C; b.p. 3,827±100°C; sp. gr. 21.45 at 20°C; valence +2 or +4. Pure platinum is a malleable, ductile, lustrous, silver-white metal with a face-centered cubic crystalline stru...
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15. Platinum
    Platinum is a rare, silvery coloured, heavy metallic element with the symbol Pt. It is relatively inert and has a high melting point. Platinum is used in jewellery and as a catalyst.
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16. platinum
    (Pt) Type: Term Pronunciation: plat′i-nŭm Definitions: 1. A metallic element, atomic no. 78, atomic wt. 195.08, used for making small parts for chemical apparatus because of its resistance to acids; in powdered form (platinum black), it is an important catalyst in hydrogenation. Some of its salts have been used to treat syphil...
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17. platinum
    Heavy, soft, silver-white, malleable and ductile, metallic element, atomic number 78, relative atomic mass 195.09. It is the first of a group of six metallic elements (platinum, osmium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium) that possess similar properties, such as resistance to tarnish, corrosion, and attack by acid, and that often occur ...
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18. platinum
    Platinum was first used to make jewellery in South America from the 15thC, both in its pure form and mixed with gold.
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19. platinum
    A metal that is an important component of some anticancer drugs, such as cisplatin and carboplatin.
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20. Platinum
    `Platinum` ( or ) is a chemical element with the chemical symbol `Pt` and an isbn=978-0761415503-->--> It is a density|dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal. Even though it has six naturally occurring isotopes, platinum is one of the rarest elements in the Earth`s crust an...
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21. Platinum
    (Mike Oldfield album) | Name = Platinum | Type = studio | Artist = Recorded = Blue Rock Studios|Blue Rock and Electric Lady, (U.S.);<br />Througham, Denham, and The Manor, ( Genre = Rock and roll|Rock | Length = (Platinum version) | Label = Producer = Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman | Rev...
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22. Platinum
    (quartet) `Platinum` is a barbershop quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts (held notes at the end of songs), particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine`s arrangement of Aul...
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23. Platinum
    (song) is the sixth single from singer Maaya Sakamoto, released on October 21, 1999. The single belongs to the soundtrack of Japanese anime series Cardcaptor Sakura and used as Cardcaptor Sakura season 3`s opening theme song. Track listing: # # 24 # Platinum (Instrumental) # 24 (Instru...
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24. Platinum
    (musical) `Platinum` is a musical with a book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, music by Gary William Friedman, and lyrics by Holt. Set in a Hollywood recording studio, it centers on Lila Halliday, a star of 1940s and 50s movie musicals who is attempting a comeback. In the process, she f...
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25. Platinum
    (TV series) `Platinum` is an American television series which aired on UPN in 2003. Synopsis: Platinum is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company in the competitive world of rap and hip-hop. The show revolves around a pair of brothers and record ind...
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