nickel steel

noun

steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.

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Origin of nickel steel

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby nickel steel

nickel carbonyl, nickel centre, nickel oxide, nickel plate, nickel silver, nickel steel, nickel tetracarbonyl, nickel-and-dime, nickel-cadmium battery, nickel-plate, nickelic
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British Dictionary definitions for nickel steel

nickel steel

noun

engineering steel containing between 0.5 and 6.0 per cent nickel to increase its strength
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