Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as spiegeleisen.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel

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  • Cast iron, which contains the metal manganese up to the extent of 20\%, together with about 3\% carbon, is called spiegel iron; when more than this amount of manganese is present the product is called ferromanganese.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • You read "spiegel" and you write "speigel" ...why is that?...speilberg was on the phone today and complained about that.

    Thanks, Spiegel Catalog 2007

  • The German and international press picked up the wrong name from Wikipedia — including well-known newspapers, Internet sites, and TV news such as spiegel. de, Bild, heute. de, TAZ, or Süddeutsche Zeitung.

    Discourse.net: Is Wikipedia Like Fox News? 2009

  • Katseli also said she would listen to Papandreou's speech tonight before deciding whether to back him.5.14pm: Before things get too heated in Greece, let's post this jolly tale from David Gow:The "live ticker" on spiegel.de has made a wonderful contribution to German-Hellenic understanding by quoting at length Uli Hoeness - remember him England?

    Greek PM Papandreou wins confidence vote - November 4 2011 2011

  • On spiegel. de an article cites Mr. von und zu Guttenberg using his ‘full name’; however, while the quote might have been real, the full name seems to have been looked up on Wikipedia while the false edit was in place.

    Discourse.net: Is Wikipedia Like Fox News? 2009

  • The news was first reported Thursday on German news magazine's Spiegel's Web site, spiegel. de.

    German Regulator Probes UBS Allegations Katharina Bart 2010

  • The news was first reported Thursday on German news magazine's Spiegel's Web site, spiegel. de.

    German Regulator Probes UBS Allegations Katharina Bart 2010

  • The news was first reported Thursday on German news magazine's Spiegel's Web site, spiegel. de.

    German Regulator Probes UBS Allegations Katharina Bart 2010

  • The news was first reported Thursday on German news magazine's Spiegel's Web site, spiegel. de.

    German Regulator Probes UBS Allegations Katharina Bart 2010

  • The news was first reported Thursday on German news magazine's Spiegel's Web site, spiegel. de.

    German Regulator Probes UBS Allegations Katharina Bart 2010

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  • sPIeGel.

    March 19, 2012