PLATINUM

(Lat.), n. n. Plan(pla3t)'ian-u3m(u4m). Fr.,pZatine. Ger., Platin. A metallic element first described in 1750 by Watson and again in 1752 by Scheffer, who was the first to write of it as platina or white gold. It occurs in nature uncombined in grains, crystals, and metallic ma es, and combined with other U, blue; Us, lull; U, full; U, urn; U, like U (German). [s. 285]