alnico

[ al-ni-koh ]

noun

a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.

Origin of alnico

al(uminum) + ni(ckel) + co(balt)

Words Nearby alnico

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use alnico in a sentence

The top of the stove was alnico-magnet strips, arranged rather like the top of a magnetic chuck.
Space Platform | Murray Leinster
You can establish a psi field in a suitable material, just as you can establish a magnetic field in steel or alnico.
The Ambulance Made Two Trips | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for Alnico

Alnico

/ (ˈælnɪˌkəʊ) /

noun

trademark an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse