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- not comparableComposed of or containing three types of metal.
Trimetal plates usually have a zinc, steel, stainless steel, or aluminum base.
1983, Raymond N. Blair, The Lithographers manual, page 10-262 more examples
In the diesel engines under discussion, modern bimetal or trimetal, split sleeve, precision type main bearings are used exclusively.
2008, United States Navy, The Fleet Type Submarine Main Propulsion Diesels Manual, →ISBN, page 37All 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.
2009, Lawrence K. Wang, Jiaping Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung, Heavy Metals in the Environment, →ISBN, page 112
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