Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A silvery, hard, ductile, ferromagnetic metallic element used in corrosion-resistant alloys, stainless steel, catalysts for hydrogenation, and batteries, and for electroplating. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,455°C; boiling point 2,913°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3. cross-reference: Periodic Table.
- noun A coin of the United States or Canada worth five cents.
- transitive verb To coat with nickel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plate or coat, as metal surfaces, with nickel, either by electrolytic processes or by chemical operations.
- noun Chemical symbol, Ni; atomic weight, 58. A metal closely related to cobalt, with which it almost always occurs.
- noun In the United States, a current coin representing the value of five cents, made of an alloy of one part of nickel to three of copper.
- Consisting of or covered with nickel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.70.
- noun Colloq. U.S. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.
- noun an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called
german silver ; called alsoargentan .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
silvery elemental metal with anatomic number of 28 andsymbol Ni. - noun US, Canada, countable A
coin worth 5cents . - noun US slang, by extension Five dollars.
- noun US slang, by extension Five hundred dollars.
- noun US slang Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- noun slang A
playing card with the rank of five - noun US slang A five-year prison sentence.
- verb transitive To
plate with nickel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun five dollars worth of a drug
- verb plate with nickel
- noun a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- noun a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They produce on the whole nearly as much copper as nickel, but the nickel is the important substance.
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I have found that the K.O. wobbler with a pink or orange stripe in nickel finish is the ticket for casting off the pier or into the foot of water falls.
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I have found that the K.O. wobbler with a pink or orange stripe in nickel finish is the ticket for casting off the pier or into the foot of water falls.
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I think the concern with nickel is that it can be very hard and if it flakes off inside the die it might scratch standard dies or the brass.
Handloaders: What is your take on nickel plated brass for reloading? 2009
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I have found that the K.O. wobbler with a pink or orange stripe in nickel finish is the ticket for casting off the pier or into the foot of water falls.
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I have found that the K.O. wobbler with a pink or orange stripe in nickel finish is the ticket for casting off the pier or into the foot of water falls.
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He's still a long shot to start, and could be a redshirt candidate, but could also easily see the field in nickel or dime packages early in the year.
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Trophy Bonded bullets have had an enviable reputation as premium projectiles for the past quarter century, but now Federal has greatly improved them by adding a polymer tip, replacing the flat base with a boattail, adding exterior skiving (fracture lines) for improved expansion, and plating both the bullet and the case in nickel, which reduces fouling and eliminates case corrosion.
Best New Rifle Ammo 2009: Federal Vital-Shok Trophy Bonded Tip 2009
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Cochran, who could help out in nickel and dime packages, also likely will be the Falcons 'holder. —
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A fast nickel is better than a slow dime any day of the week.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bankruptcy Reform Instead of Bailouts 2010
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December 16, 2007