nitinol
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nitinol
1965–70; ni(ckel) + ti(tanium) + N(aval) O(rdnance) L(aboratory) , Silver Spring, Maryland, where the alloy was developed
Example Sentences
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One promising material is nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
Known as 'artificial muscles', the shape-memory wires made of super-elastic nitinol absorb heat in the cooling chamber and release it to the outer environment.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
The family affinity is also expressed in the use of the same nitinol headband and the same cable connectors across all four models.
From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2018
“Skorpions,” for example, involves a padded garment threaded with nitinol wires; when a performer wears the garment, electrical currents pulse through the wires to make them contract, making the dress writhe like a sentient creature.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2015
The NanoMuscle, which costs less than $1 to make, qualifies as nanotech, the company says, because of the size of its nitinol crystals, not the wire or motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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