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cuprosilicon

cuprosilicon noun: an alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys.

Noun

cuprosilicon (usually uncountable, plural cuprosilicons)

  1. (usually) An alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys.

Forms of cuprosilicon

pluralcuprosilicons

Origin of cuprosilicon

From cupro- + silicon.

Questions about cuprosilicon

What does cuprosilicon mean?
Cuprosilicon means an alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys.
What part of speech is cuprosilicon?
Cuprosilicon is a noun.
What is the plural of cuprosilicon?
The plural of cuprosilicon is cuprosilicons.

Words near cuprosilicon in the dictionary

  1. cuproproteome
  2. cuproproteomes
  3. cuprorhodsite
  4. cuprorivaite
  5. cuproscheelite
  6. cuprosilicon
  7. cuprosilicons
  8. cuprosklodowskite
  9. cuprospinel
  10. cuprospinels
  11. cuprostibite

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