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trimetallic, a.|traɪmɪˈtælɪk|
[after bimetallic: see tri-.]
Pertaining to or using three metals as currency. So triˈmetallism, the use of a triple standard of currency.
1887Contemp. Rev. Dec. 812 The metal coinage system of the world is not..‘mono-metallic’, nor ‘bi-metallic’, but ‘trimetallic’. 1897Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 2/3 Here is a correspondent in the Times..who asks, ‘Why not Trimetallism?’ |