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Definition of Tarnishable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnishable
Literary usage of Tarnishable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"Lacquers for Protecting tarnishable Metallic Surfaces Owing to the scarcity of
optical ... tarnishable ..."
2. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by United States Bureau of Standards (1921)
"Lacquers for Protecting tarnishable Metallic Surfaces Owing to the scarcity of
optical glass it was desirable to find suitable metal mirrors as a substitute ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"tarnishable (tar'nish-a-bl), a. ... The inventor, searching experimentally for
a means of rendering tarnishable metals and alloys less ..."
4. The New World of Science: Its Development During the War by Robert Mearns Yerkes (1920)
"Fifth, glass must not be tarnishable or hygroscopic. ... There was a tradition
that these acids only gave tarnishable glass, but experiments showed that ..."
5. Jena Glass: And Its Scientific and Industrial Applications by Heinrich Hovestadt (1902)
"The glass must not be tarnishable; that is, must not be attacked by the moisture
of the ... There was a tradition that they only gave tarnishable glasses; ..."
6. Jena Glass: And Its Scientific and Industrial Applications by Heinrich Hovestadt (1902)
"The glass must not be tarnishable; that is, must not be attacked by the moisture of
... There was a tradition that they only gave tarnishable glasses; ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"It U practically non-tarnishable, but strictly speaking, after long exposure to
the atmosphere, its polish becomes dulled by a very thin film of white oxide ..."
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