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| anna |
a former copper-nickel coin of India and Pakistan, equaling one sixteenth of a rupee. |
| cupronickel |
an alloy of copper containing nickel, used to make coins and hardware. |
| Dumet wire |
a particular type of wire, made of a combination of iron and nickel encased in a copper sleeve, used to create vacuum seals between glass and metal in items such as incandescent light bulbs. |
| ferromagnetic |
of or pertaining to several substances, such as iron and nickel, that are easily magnetized. |
| German silver |
any of several alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel used for utensils, drawing instruments, and the like; nickel silver. |
| groschen |
a German nickel coin worth ten pfennigs. [1/3 definitions] |
| Ni |
symbol of the chemical element nickel. |
| nickel |
to coat or plate with nickel. [1/4 definitions] |
| nickelodeon |
formerly, a movie theater for which the admission charge was a nickel. [1/2 definitions] |
| nickel plate |
a thin coating of nickel, usu. deposited by electroplating, that provides an inexpensive, protective cover for other metals. |
| nickel silver |
a silver-colored, hard, durable, corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, used for utensils, tableware, and the like. |
| platinoid |
an alloy made of copper, nickel, and zinc to which a small amount of tungsten or aluminum has been added, used esp. in electric coils. [1/3 definitions] |
| white gold |
any of several whitish-colored gold alloys containing nickel, platinum, or the like. |
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