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Vinony

bimetallic

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/

adj

Etymology: From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.

  1. Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.

    “We well suppose that a Minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question.”

  2. More generally, consisting of two metals.

    “"We have a special coupler that joins them together to prevent the bi-metallic corrosion you'd get if the stainless steel and the galvanised steel touched each other. […]"”

noun

Etymology: From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.

  1. Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals

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