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Definition of Electrum
1. Noun. An alloy of gold and silver.
Definition of Electrum
1. n. Amber.
Definition of Electrum
1. Noun. (obsolete) Amber. ¹
2. Noun. An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver. ¹
3. Noun. German silver plate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electrum
1. an alloy of gold and silver [n -S]
Medical Definition of Electrum
1. 1. Amber. 2. An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber colour, used by the ancients. 3. German-silver plate. See German silver, under German. Origin: L, fr. Gr. See Electric, and cf. Electre, Electron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrum
Literary usage of Electrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The great bulk of the early electrum coins are -Unck on the Phoenician silver
standard. In 'wr division the duodecimal system prevails; ••<•* third, fourth, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Ionia by Barclay Vincent Head, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1892)
"EARLY electrum. XXV mere fact that they correspond in weight to five of the ...
The series of electrum staters now under consideration probably began to be ..."
3. Catalogue of Greek Coins: Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia and Euboea) by Barclay Vincent Head, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1884)
"The existence of an electrum coinage in Euboea in this early- period is more than
probable, for in addition to an electrum stater (wt. 124 grs. ..."
4. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"Since the time when the name of electrum given by the ancients passed into
oblivion, there has forthwith followed the ruin of those • In this case, also, ..."
5. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"EF 315 » 57770 electrum hecta. Similar type. Damaged by chisel-cuts on oh'. ...
Youthful male head, horned; hair short within 57777 electrum hecta. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Warwick William Wroth (1894)
"BC 400, between Mytilene and Phocaea in Ionia, respecting a common coinage in
electrum, of a fixed weight and fineness. Each city, in turn, was to coin for ..."
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