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How to pronounce “platinum

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Practice the English pronunciation of platinum with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
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Definition summary
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
  • A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • (music, countable) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
  • (medicine, countable, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin.
  • [Adjective]
  • Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
  • Very expensive, or of very high quality
  • [Verb]
  • (computer games) To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).

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