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# platinum

«platinum» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very valuable silvery-white metal that does not rust…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (platinum, uncountable); adjective (platinum)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) A very valuable silvery-white metal that does not rust and is heavier than gold; its chemical symbol is Pt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#m1)

2) (adjective) Made of platinum: «a platinum ring». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#m2)

3) (adjective) Very pale silver-blonde in colour: «platinum blonde». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#m3)

4) (music) A «platinum record» is a prize for an album or song that sells a very great number of copies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons platinum is a metal element used in jewellery, car parts and lab equipment because it does not react easily. In music news a song «goes platinum». Phrases: «platinum ring», «platinum blonde», «go platinum», «platinum jubilee» (seventy-year celebration).

### examples

- Platinum is rarer than gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x1)
- Mum's wedding ring is made of platinum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x2)
- The singer's album went platinum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x3)
- Platinum does not rust or tarnish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x4)
- Her hair was dyed platinum blonde. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x5)
- Platinum is used in parts that clean car exhaust fumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Stress: PLAT-in-um. Not a «platinum» coin in everyday money. A platinum jubilee marks seventy years of something, after gold (fifty) and diamond (sixty).

### In the corpora

- [Gold, silver and platinum are precious metals: rare, beautiful, and hardly reacting with air, although silver slowly tarnishes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/11/)
- [Gold, silver and platinum are precious metals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/6/)
- [Platinum is rarer than gold and is used in car parts called catalytic converters that clean exhaust fumes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/18/)
- [People want different things, so the "platinum rule" says: treat others as they would like to be treated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «platinum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platinum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.