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cupronickel

cupronickel noun: an alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.

Noun

cupronickel (countable and uncountable, plural cupronickels)

  1. An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.

Forms of cupronickel

pluralcupronickels

Origin of cupronickel

From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

Questions about cupronickel

What does cupronickel mean?
Cupronickel means an alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
What part of speech is cupronickel?
Cupronickel is a noun.
What is the plural of cupronickel?
The plural of cupronickel is cupronickels.

Words near cupronickel in the dictionary

  1. cuprolinic
  2. cupromakovickyite
  3. cupromolybdite
  4. cupromontmorillonite
  5. Cuprona
  6. cupronickel
  7. cupronickels
  8. cupropavonite
  9. cuprophore
  10. cuprophores
  11. cuprophosphorus

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