platinize, v.
(ˈplætɪnaɪz)
[f. platin-um + -ize.]
trans. To coat with platinum. Hence ˈplatinized ppl. a., ˈplatinizing vbl. n.; also platiniˈzation, the action or process of platinizing.
| 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 721 Porcelain and other wares may be platinised, silvered, tinned, and bronzed. 1842 Mech. Mag. XXXVI. 461 The platinized silver battery invented by Mr. Smee. 1878 Abney Photogr. (1881) 138 This toning may consist of gilding the silver image, platinising it, or substituting some other metal for it. |