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Nobili's rings

Nobili's rings noun: coloured rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.

Noun

Nobili's rings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Coloured rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.

Origin of Nobili's rings

After Leopoldo Nobili, the Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.

Questions about Nobili's rings

What does Nobili's rings mean?
Nobili's rings means coloured rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.
What part of speech is Nobili's rings?
Nobili's rings is a noun.

Words near Nobili's rings in the dictionary

  1. Nobiin
  2. Nobile
  3. nobile officium
  4. Nobiles
  5. nobiletin
  6. Nobili's rings
  7. nobiliary
  8. nobiliary particle
  9. nobiliary particles
  10. nobilified
  11. nobilify

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