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Monel

Monel noun: an alloy of nickel and copper.

Noun

Monel (uncountable)

  1. An alloy of nickel and copper.
    • He also quotes Mr. Cox as saying: "they were, however, glad to avail themselves of S.R. knowledge of steel firebox stays," but that could not apply to the "Nelson" class, the first six of which had boilers with copper stays and the remainder stays of monel metal, as far as I can remember.1947 January and February, H. Holcroft, “"Castles", "Lord Nelsons" and "Royal Scots"”, in Railway Magazine, pages 13–14

Origin of Monel

Named after Ambrose Monell.

Questions about Monel

What does Monel mean?
Monel means an alloy of nickel and copper.
What part of speech is Monel?
Monel is a noun.

Words near Monel in the dictionary

  1. Monegasque
  2. Monegasques
  3. Monegeetta
  4. Monegro
  5. Monegros
  6. Monel
  7. Monell
  8. monellin
  9. monellins
  10. Monells
  11. monembryonic

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