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Noun- A very heavy precious metallic element that is typically grayish white, is noncorroding, ductile, and malleable, expands only slightly when heated.

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  • You have heard often of the metal called platina, to be found only in
  • You have heard often of the metal called platina, to be found only in South America.
  • An Abbé Rochon has applied the metal called platina to the telescope instead of the mixed metal of which the specula were formerly composed.
  • The process answers equally well for either gold or platina.
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