A metallic composition imitating silver. Also figurative. Cf. alchemy, n. 2.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > copper, zinc, and nickel or imitation silver (12) occamy1596 A metallic composition imitating silver. Also figurative. Cf. alchemy, n. 2. tutenag1622 A whitish alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, with a little iron, silver, or arsenic, resembling German silver; said to have been originally… paitung1736 A silver-coloured Chinese alloy of copper and nickel, with arsenic or (later) zinc added as a whitening agent. Cf. paktong, n. paktong1776 A silver-coloured cupro-nickel alloy, either the Chinese alloy paitung (paitung, n.), or a European imitation of this, used esp. in the… German silver1828 Nickel silver (in early use spec. that manufactured in Germany). Frequently attributive (also figurative, with the sense ‘ersatz’). electrum1829 Metallurgy. An alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. Cf. German silver, n. albata1833 A metal alloy resembling silver in appearance and containing copper, nickel, and zinc; white metal, German silver. argentan1847 An alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; nickel silver, German silver. maillechort1851 = nickel silver n. adj. at nickel, n. adj.compounds 1b(b). nickel silver1860 (a) n. an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, resembling silver and used in tableware, etc. (also called German silver); (b) adj. made from or… nickeline1882 Engineering. Any of various nickel alloys or varieties of nickel silver; spec. an alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc noted for its high electrical… melchior1892 = nickel silver n. adj. at nickel, n. adj.compounds 1b(b). |
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