nickel-plate

  • 11nickel-plate — /nɪkəl ˈpleɪt/ (say nikuhl playt) verb (t) (nickel plated, nickel plating) to coat with nickel by electroplating or otherwise …

  • 12nickel plate — coating of nickel; coat with nickel …

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  • 13nickel plate — a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating. [1870 75] * * * …

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  • 14nickel plate — /nɪkəl ˈpleɪt/ (say nikuhl playt) noun a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal by electroplating or otherwise …

  • 15Nickel Plate Road — New York, Chicago, and St Louis Railroad Company …

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  • 16nickel — /nik euhl/, n., v., nickeled, nickeling or (esp. Brit.) nickelled, nickelling, adj. n. 1. Chem. a hard, silvery white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in… …

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  • 17plate — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, alveolar ridge, anodized aluminum, antepast, armor, backing, bibliofilm, billhead, bipack, black and white film, blade roast, book stamp, bookplate, brand, breast, bridgework, brisket, broad arrow,… …

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  • 18Nickel–cadmium battery — From top to bottom – Gumstick , AA, and AAA Ni–Cd batteries. specific energy 40–60 W·h/kg energy density 50–150 W·h/L specific power 150& …

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  • 19Nickel titanium — Nickel titanium, also known as nitinol, is a metal alloy of nickel and titanium, where the two elements are present in roughly equal atomic percentages. Nitinol alloys exhibit two closely related and unique properties: shape memory and… …

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  • 20nickel — [nik′əl] n. [Swed: contr. (1754) by A. F. Cronstedt (1722 65), Swed mineralogist < kopparnickel, niccolite < Ger kupfernickel, false nickel (< kupfer, + nickel, goblin, devil, pejorative contr. < Nikolaus, NICHOLAS1, prob. infl. by… …

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