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Mumetal

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[moo-met-l, myoo-] / ˈmuˌmɛt l, ˈmju- /

noun

  1. an alloy containing nickel, iron, and copper, characterized by high magnetic permeability and low hysteresis losses.


Etymology

Origin of Mumetal

Formerly a trademark; mu (representing the Greek letter, a conventional symbol for permeability) + metal

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Big copper work robots, small aluminum sales-girl mechs, plastoid clerks and typists, squatty little Mumetal lab servos, rationaloids, non-rationaloids and just plain sub-robots—all sizes and shapes.

From The Love of Frank Nineteen by Knight, David Carpenter

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