HyperDic: tin_pest

English > 1 sense of the expression tin pest:
NOUNeventtin pest, tin disease, tin plaguethe transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
English > tin pest: 1 sense > noun 1, event
MeaningThe transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures.
Synonymstin disease, tin plague
Broadertransformation, transmutation, shiftA qualitative change

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