constantan

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôn′stən tan′)


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con•stant•an  (kôn′stən tan′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Metallurgyan alloy containing approximately 55 percent copper and approximately 45 percent nickel, used for electrical resistance heating and thermocouples.
  • constant + -an 1900–05


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