nickel : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures
  Elinvar.
  

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Cop"per-nick`el noun

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1. (Min.) Nicolite.

Webster 1913

• . (Min.) See Zaratite.

Webster 1913

• noun an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
  nickel alloy.
  

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• noun a bronze containing up to 30% nickel
  

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• noun five dollars worth of a drug
  nickel.
  
  • a nickel bag of drugs
  • a nickel deck of heroin

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• noun a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
  German silver.
  

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• an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; usually called german silver; called also argentan.

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• noun an alloy steel containing nickel
  

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• verb spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
  penny-pinch.
  
• verb accumulate gradually
  
  • she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family
• adjective satellite of minor importance
  small-time.
  
  • a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room
  • a small-time actor
• adjective satellite low-paying
  
  • a nickel-and-dime job

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• noun an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
  nickel alloy.
  

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• noun a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use
  nicad.
  

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• noun a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts
  nickel-iron accumulator.
  

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• noun a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts
  nickel-iron accumulator.
  

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