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Definition of Tin foil

1. Noun. Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.

Definition of Tin foil

1. Noun. alternative spelling of tinfoil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Foil

Literary usage of Tin foil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"On a rotating glass or ebonite disk were placed carriers of tin-foil or metal buttons ¡^hlat against which neutralizing brushes touched. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the original phonograph a piece of tin-foil is laid round the cylinder, being kept close to it by means of gum or water, and the stand holding the ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"About half the outside and half the inside surface is coated smoothly with tin foil, and the remainder of the glazed surface is painted with shellac varnish ..."

4. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"Let a small piece of tin-foil be fixed on a part of the exterior surface of one pane of the window in the evening, and let another piece of tin-foil be ..."

5. The Mycenaean Age: A Study of the Monuments and Culture of Pre-Homeric Greece by Chrēstos Tsountas, James Irving Manatt (1897)
"Earthen Vessel inlaid with Tin-Foil (Wangen) while yet soft, was made to adhere more closely to the clay." A second example from Wangen, on Lake Constance ..."

6. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"TIN-FOIL Tin-foil, properly so called, should consist of thin sheets of pure ... With these last two types of tin-foil, the most important determination is ..."

7. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1849)
"Let a small piece of tin-foil be fixed on a part of the exterior, surface of one pane of the window in the evening, and let another piece of tin-foil be ..."

8. Electricity by Sydney George Starling (1922)
"Now, a layer of tin-foil placed between the radium and the electroscope will cut off most of the rays, so that the amount of ionization is much less than ..."

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