platinum

Meanings

Plural: platinums

Noun

a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
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.
A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
A platinum-based drug: a platin.

Adj

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

To attain all of the achievements in a game, on certain PlayStation consoles.

Origin / Etymology

From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans.

Synonyms

atomic number 78, platina, Pt, white gold

Scrabble Score: 12

platinum is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 17

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