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White plague

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Noun
  1. 1
    Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs. uncountable
  2. 2
    an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) wordnet
  3. 3
    The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components). uncountable
  4. 4
    involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body wordnet
  5. 5
    The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).; The problems caused by the formation of this compound, including an increase in electrical resistance and formation of voids at the gold-aluminium junction, potentially culminating in total failure of the junction. uncountable

Etymology

white+plague * (tuberculosis): From the white pallor of victims of the disease * (eletronics): From the colour of the deposits which cause electrical problems to plague devices

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