tin pest

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   the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures

   Synonymstin diseasetin plague

   Broadertransformation

Questions about tin pest

What does tin pest mean?

tin pest means "the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures".

What is another word for tin pest?

Close synonyms include tin disease, tin plague. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tin pest a common word?