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platina
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n. (context chemistry obsolete English) platinum
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Platinum \Plat"i*num\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. platina, from plata silver, LL. plata a thin plate of metal. See Plate , and cf. Platina .] (Chem.) A metallic element of atomic number 78, one of the noble metals, classed with silver and gold as a precious metal, ...
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Platina may refer to: Platina , a municipality in Brazil Platina, California , an unincorporated community in the United States Piadena ("Platina" in Latin), an Italian village Bartolomeo Platina , a 15th-century author Nissan Platina , one alternative ...
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There was a certaine man in the court of the Emperour, which had many offices, and in great favour, who at last by the envy of divers persons, was banished away and compelled to forsake the court : his wife Platina, a woman of rare faith and singular shamefastnes having borne ten children to her husband, despised all worldly Pompe and delicacy, and determined to follow her husband, and to be partaker of his perils and danger, wherefore shee cut off her haire, disguised her selfe like a man, and tooke with her all her treasure, passing through the hands of the souldiers, and the naked swords without any feare, whereby she endured many miseries, and was partaker of much affliction, to save the life of her husband, such was her love which she bare unto him.