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multimetallic

adjective
mul·​ti·​me·​tal·​lic | \ ˌməl-tē-mə-ˈta-lik How to pronounce multimetallic (audio) , -ˌtī-\

Definition of multimetallic

: containing more than one metal a multimetallic hydride … virtually any property of a metal catalyst may be influenced by combining it with another metal, and this concept can be extended to multimetallic catalysts. — Chemical & Engineering News

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1901, in the meaning defined above

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