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cupronickel

[kyoo-pruh-nik-uh l, koo-]
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noun

any of various alloys of copper containing up to 40 percent nickel.

adjective

containing copper and nickel.

Origin of cupronickel

First recorded in 1900–05; cupro- + nickel
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Examples from the Web for cupronickel

Historical Examples of cupronickel

  • The tracer bullet consisted of a cupronickel shell, the nose of which contained a leaden core to balance the bullet properly.

  • On one side of the missile was a hole drilled through the cupronickel into one of the grooves of the serrated plug.

  • Our armor-piercing bullet was made with a cupronickel jacket for the sake of the gun barrel.

  • As soon as the cupronickel jacket strikes the armor plate it splits and the lead core flattens out and flies into fragments.

British Dictionary definitions for cupronickel

cupronickel

noun

any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
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