noun
the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
• Syn: ↑tin disease, ↑tin plague
• Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift
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noun also tin plague : the transformation of ordinary white metallic tin into powdery gray tin in extremely cold weather
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the powdering of tin exposed to low temperatures, caused by allotropic transformation.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.