trimetal

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ metal

Adjective

trimetal (not comparable)

  1. Composed of or containing three types of metal.
    • 1983, Raymond N. Blair, The Lithographers manual, page 10-26:
      Trimetal plates usually have a zinc, steel, stainless steel, or aluminum base.
    • 2008, United States Navy, The Fleet Type Submarine Main Propulsion Diesels Manual, →ISBN, page 37:
      In the diesel engines under discussion, modern bimetal or trimetal, split sleeve, precision type main bearings are used exclusively.
    • 2009, Lawrence K. Wang, ‎Jiaping Paul Chen, ‎Yung-Tse Hung, Heavy Metals in the Environment, →ISBN, page 112:
      All bimetal and trimetal solutions tested with any of the biomass showed antagonistic behavior for Cu, Zn, and Cd biosorption, resulting in a 12–49% reduction in the amount of metal uptake in comparison with removal in single-metal solutions.
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