nickel-plate

  • 21Nickel steel — A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 22plate — [n1] dish or meal served bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher; concepts 459,493 plate [n2] sheet, panel coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle,… …

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  • 23Nickel-cadmium battery — Batteries caption=From top to bottom Gumstick , AA, and AAA NiCd batteries. EtoW = 40–60 Wh/kg EtoS = 50–150 Wh/L PtoW = 150W/kg CtoDE= 70%–90% [ [http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone 11.htm Charging nickel based batteries ] ] EtoCP= ? US$… …

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  • 24nickel processing — Introduction       preparation of the metal for use in various products.       Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a… …

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  • 25Nickel silver — German silver hair comb by Bruce Caesar (Pawnee), Oklahoma, 1984 Nickel silver, also known as German silver,[1] Argentann,[1] new silver …

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  • 26nick|el-plate — nickel plate, a thin coating of nickel deposited on a metal object by electroplating or other means, to prevent rust or improve the appearance. nick|el plate «NIHK uhl PLAYT», transitive verb, plat|ed, plat|ing. to coat with nickel by… …

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  • 27plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …

  • 28plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… …

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  • 29plate — [[t]pleɪt[/t]] n. v. plat•ed, plat•ing 1) a shallow, usu. circular dish from which food is eaten 2) the contents of such a dish; plateful 3) an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: a vegetable plate[/ex] 4) the food and service for one… …

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  • 30plate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. platter, dish, utensil, tray; slab, sheet, planch; coating, veneer, coat; denture. See receptacle, layer. v. t. overlay, laminate; gild, silver, platinize; veneer; electroplate. See covering, layer.… …

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