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TIN DISEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tin disease mean?
• TIN DISEASE (noun)
The noun TIN DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
Familiarity information: TIN DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
tin disease; tin pest; tin plague
Hypernyms ("tin disease" is a kind of...):
shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)
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