"tin whisker" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "tin + whisker, from being first observed with tin alloys.",
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      "form": "tin whiskers",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "english": "generalization; metal whiskers",
          "sense": "tin",
          "word": "whisker"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the thin, whisker-like protrusions that project out of tin surfaces (especially found on electroplated tin), which are crystalline and electrically conductive."
      ],
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          "sense": "metals",
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          "word": "whisker"
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      "glosses": [
        "The same phenomenon found with other metals with low melting points."
      ],
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        "(by extension) The same phenomenon found with other metals with low melting points."
      ],
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          "word": "whisker"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tin whisker"
}

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      "sense": "metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "whisker"
    },
    {
      "english": "generalization; metal whiskers",
      "sense": "tin",
      "word": "whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "zinc whisker"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "tin + whisker, from being first observed with tin alloys.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tin whiskers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the thin, whisker-like protrusions that project out of tin surfaces (especially found on electroplated tin), which are crystalline and electrically conductive."
      ]
    },
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        "The same phenomenon found with other metals with low melting points."
      ],
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        "(by extension) The same phenomenon found with other metals with low melting points."
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
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      "word": "whisker"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tin whisker"
}