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TIN PEST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tin pest mean?

• TIN PEST (noun)
The noun TIN PEST has 1 sense:

1. the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures

Familiarity information: TIN PEST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TIN PEST (noun)

Sense 1

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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 pest" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

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