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TIN PLAGUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
Synonyms:
tin disease; tin pest; tin plague
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Hypernyms ("tin plague" is a kind of...):
shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)