▪ I. platinate, n. Chem.
(ˈplætɪnət)
[f. platin-um + -ate1 1 c.]
A salt derived from platinic oxide, in which platinum is tetravalent.
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Platinate, term for a combination in which platinic oxide plays the part of an acid. 1866 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 669 A compound of platinic chloride with platinate of calcium. |
▪ II. platinate, v.
(ˈplætɪneɪt)
[f. platin-um + -ate3.]
trans. = platinize.
| 1889 Philos. Mag. Dec. 454 The plates were next platinated by a process given in Gore's ‘Electro-metallurgy’ under the name of ‘Roseleur's Process’. Ibid., To prepare the plates for platinating. |