trimetal

English

Etymology

From 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.

Anagrams

• Lattimer, remittal