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nitinol

[ nit-n-awl, -ol ]

noun

  1. a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nitinol1

1965–70; ni(ckel) + ti(tanium) + N(aval) O(rdnance) L(aboratory) , Silver Spring, Maryland, where the alloy was developed

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