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rheotan

rheotan noun: an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc used for electrical resistors and heating coils.

Noun

rheotan (uncountable)

  1. An alloy of copper, nickel and zinc used for electrical resistors and heating coils.

Origin of rheotan

Borrowed from German Rheotan (“rheotan”).

Questions about rheotan

What does rheotan mean?
Rheotan means an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc used for electrical resistors and heating coils.
What part of speech is rheotan?
Rheotan is a noun.

Words near rheotan in the dictionary

  1. rheostatic
  2. rheostatically
  3. rheostats
  4. rheotactic
  5. rheotacting
  6. rheotan
  7. rheotaxes
  8. rheotaxic
  9. rheotaxis
  10. rheotome
  11. rheotomes

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