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countable and uncountable, plural patinas or patinae
(originally) A paten, flat type of dish. examples
The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals. examples
(color) A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. examples
(figurative) A gloss or superficial layer. quotations examples
It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science […]
2012, Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
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Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. examples