bimetallic

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bimetallic

  • /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/

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From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.

adjective

  1. not comparable 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. not comparable 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 bimetallics

  1. Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals Although the bimetallics that were tested, i.e., Au NPs supported on Ni, Fe and Cu appeared to be more active than the Au/SiO 2 system, only Cu supported Au NPs gave high conversion (ca. 63%) and selectivity (ca. 70%) to HYNE. Introduction Renewable naturally sourced carbohydrates, amino acids and t

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@misc{bimetallic_2026,
  title = {bimetallic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bimetallic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}