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English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
tin pest / plague
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Tin pest — is an autocatalytic, allotropic transformation of the element tin, which causes deterioration of tin objects at low temperatures. Tin pest has also been called tin disease , or tin leprosy ( Lèpre d étain ).It was observed in medieval Europe that … Wikipedia
tin pest — noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures • Syn: ↑tin disease, ↑tin plague • Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift * * * noun also … Useful english dictionary
tin plague — noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures • Syn: ↑tin pest, ↑tin disease • Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
tin plague — /ˈtɪn pleɪg/ (say tin playg) noun an allotropic change which occurs to white tin, at low temperatures, causing it to change into the grey, powdery form. Also, tin disease, tin pest …
tin disease — noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures • Syn: ↑tin pest, ↑tin plague • Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift … Useful english dictionary
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