nitinol

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nitn ôl′, -ol′)


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ni•ti•nol  (nitn ôl′, -ol′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Metallurgya paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
  • ni(ckel) + ti(tanium) + north, northern(aval) O(rdnance) Latin(aboratory), Silver Spring, Maryland, where the alloy was developed 1965–70


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