trimetal
English
Etymology
tri- + metal
Adjective
trimetal (not comparable)
- Composed of or containing three types of metal.
- 1983, Raymond N. Blair, The Lithographers manual, page 10-26:
- Trimetal plates usually have a zinc, steel, stainless steel, or aluminum base.
- 2008, United States Navy, The Fleet Type Submarine Main Propulsion Diesels Manual, →ISBN, page 37:
- In the diesel engines under discussion, modern bimetal or trimetal, split sleeve, precision type main bearings are used exclusively.
- 2009, Lawrence K. Wang, Jiaping Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung, Heavy Metals in the Environment, →ISBN, page 112:
- All bimetal and trimetal solutions tested with any of the biomass showed antagonistic behavior for Cu, Zn, and Cd biosorption, resulting in a 12–49% reduction in the amount of metal uptake in comparison with removal in single-metal solutions.
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