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  1. Platinum
    [TV series] Platinum is an American television series which aired on UPN in 2003. ==Synopsis== Platinum, created and written by Crafty St. James, John Ridley and Sofia Coppola, is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company called "Sweatback Entertainment" in...
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  2. 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 falls for...
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  3. Platinum
    [song] ==Track listing== ==Charts== ...
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  4. 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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  5. platinum
    [n] - a heavy precious metallic element
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Platinum
    A noble metal which in its pure form is the negative wire of Type R and Type S thermocouples.
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  9. 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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  10. 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 …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  11. 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...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/103

  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. platinum
    (Pt) (plat´ĭ-nәm) a chemical element, atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.09.
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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. Platinum
    [quartet] Connelly and DeRosa were also members of the 1992 international champion quartet Keepsake. Connelly won gold in 1987 with the quartet Interstate Rivals and again in 2011 with the quartet Old School. DeRosa and Lewis are the lead and baritone of the 2007 Champions, MaxQ. Kevin Miles...
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  18. Platinum
    [Mike Oldfield album] Platinum is the fifth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1979 on Virgin Records. It was Oldfield`s first album to feature songs and cover material. A slightly different version of the album was released in the United States and Canada and titled Airborn. The alb...
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  19. Platinum
    Platinum (m or m) is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River". It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition meta...
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  20. platinum
    (Pt) Specimen of sperrylite: a rare mineral that is the only native compound of platinum. Photo from MII, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution A lustrous, silvery-white metallic element; a transition element. It was known to native South Americans before the arrival ...
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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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