bimetallic

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/baɪmɪˈtælɪk/

adjective

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

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivebimetallic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining 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.

    1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton, published 2005, page 1302
  2. not comparableMore 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. […]"

    2024 May 29, Nick Brodrick, “Between a rock and a wet place...”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 43
nounbimetallic (plural bimetallics)

plural bimetallics

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

    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 triglycerides are available in vast quantities in our environment.

    2015 November 19, “Catalytic Gas-Phase Glycerol Processing over SiO 2 -, Cu-, Ni- and Fe- Supported Au Nanoparticles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepertaining to a monetary system based on two metals

adjectiveformed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

bimetallic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimetallic

MLA

“bimetallic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimetallic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bimetallic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimetallic.

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