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Definition of Bimetallic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals. "In a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender"
2. Adjective. Formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together.
Definition of Bimetallic
1. a. Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.
2. a. Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc.
Definition of Bimetallic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency ¹
2. Adjective. More generally, consisting of two metals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bimetallic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bimetallic
Literary usage of Bimetallic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"bimetallic (The) question: deputation to the Prime Minister and to the Chancellor
... (bimetallic League and Gold Standard Defence Assoc. Leaflets, no 16. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"Delegates l¡> the national bimetallic convention were chosen.and the course of
Senator Teller in leaving the Republican convention was approved. ..."
3. The Case Against Bimetallism by Robert Giffen (1892)
"The bimetallic Formula. Having thus shown the nature of standard money, ...
We begin with the bimetallic formula itself, which Sir William Harcourt said he ..."
4. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1895)
"... on Tumor's House in Chelsea, 31 a lie Bicycling in the Parks, 1915/" bimetallic
League, Letter on, 3 /8 г Memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ..."
5. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"... in the financial plank of its platform the principles enunciated in the platform
of the American bimetallic party, promulgated at Washington, DC, Jan. ..."
6. "An American commoner": the life and times of Richard Parks Bland. A study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"He Defeats Tariff Reform by Supplanting it With a Manufactured Issue Against
bimetallic Coinage.—Mr. Cleveland's Thoroughgoing Whiggery and His Dislike of ..."
7. Gillette's Industrial Solution: World Corporation; an Account of the by Melvin Linwood Severy (1908)
"... bimetallic PRICES DATA 1640-1673. ... 1650 18.60 1070 1873 ii icr/ LL The
bimetallic Thunderbolt with 4 Terrific ..."
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