The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bimetallic \Bi`me*tal"lic\, a. [Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bim['e]tallique.]
Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.
Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency. 2 More generally, consisting of two metals.
WordNet
adj. pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals; "in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender" [syn: bimetallistic]
formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together [syn: bimetal]
Wikipedia
Bimetallic may refer to:
- Bimetallism, a monetary standard in economics
- Bimetallic strip, a temperature sensitive mechanical device
- Binary alloy, in metallurgy, a mixture of two metals
- Bimetallic coins
- Bi-metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization
Usage examples of "bimetallic".
One of his earliest official acts as President was my appointment as a member of the Bimetallic Commission to Europe.
I now pass to a part of the history of the controversy not heretofore considered in public discussions, from which it will appear that the trusted representatives of the silver interest put aside the most inviting opportunity, if not the only opportunity, for the adoption of the bimetallic system by the commercial nations of the world.
This authority opened a way for the introduction of a policy on the part of the United States looking to an arrangement for the use of silver by the states of Europe, and on that authority the commission dealt with the project of an international bimetallic system.
Upon these errors the majority of the commission based a policy by which the only opportunity that the country ever had for the establishment of a bimetallic system which should include the commercial nations of Europe, was put aside and forever lost.
If, in 1876, I had anticipated the immense increase in the product of silver, I might have hesitated, but in the view that I was then able to command I had great confidence that a bimetallic arrangement might be secured.
An international bimetallic system, binding nations to each other for a definite term of years, is a proposition involving large responsibilities.
If in 1885 it was not practicable to secure the adoption of the bimetallic system, when silver was worth eighty-four cents per ounce, what is the prospect of its adoption when silver is worth only sixtyfour cents per ounce, with an annually increasing product and a diminishing price?
The Mote engineers made two widgets do one job, all right, but the second widget does two other jobs, and some of the supports are also bimetallic thermostats and thermoelectric generators all in one.
But I thought we ought also to declare our willingness, if the great commercial nations of the earth would agree, to establish a bimetallic system on a ratio to be agreed upon.
A Commission was sent abroad by President McKinley, in pursuance of the pledge of the Republican National platform, to endeavor to effect an arrangement with the leading European nations for an international bimetallic standard.
The German Imperial Parliament passed a resolution, in June, 1895, in favor of Bimetallism, and the Prussian Parliament passed a resolution favoring an international bimetallic convention, provided England joined it, May 22, 1895.
The same causes have diminished the desire for a bimetallic standard, and make the difficulty of establishing a parity between silver and gold, for the present, almost insuperable.
The German Imperial Parliament passed a resolution, in June, 1895, in favor of Bimetallism, and the Prussian Parliament passed a resolution favoring an international bimetallic convention, provided England joined it, May 22, 1895.
Surely a simple thermostat made of a bimetallic strip will do the job as well.