PLATING
Plat"ing, n.
1. The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.
2. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
3. A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
PLATINIC
Pla*tin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; — used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (PtCl4).
PLATINICHLORIC
Plat`i*ni*chlo"ric, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic, acid.
PLATINIFEROUS
Plat`i*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Platinum + -ferous.]
Defn: Yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand.