Definition of Electrom
E*lec"trum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.
See Electric, and cf. Electre, Electron.]
1. Amber.
2. An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber
color, used by the ancients.
3. German-silver plate. See German
silver, under German.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An alloy of gold and silver.
Quotations
*1995: Native gold almost always contains silver in amounts varying widely between 5 and 50 per cent. This natural alloy is known as electrum although in classical antiquity where the word originated it seems to have been used for an artificial alloy of the two metals. — Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 111.
- Amber.
- German silver plate.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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