Reference meaning
nickel
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a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Related source terms
niatomic number 28
Other meanings
2. noun
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
3. noun
five dollars worth of a drug
4. verb
plate with nickel
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