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COPPER-BASE ALLOY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any alloy whose principal component is copper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("copper-base alloy" is a kind of...):
alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copper-base alloy"):
brass (an alloy of copper and zinc)
bronze (an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin)
cupronickel (a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel)
aluminium bronze; aluminum bronze (an alloy of copper and aluminum with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion)
constantan; Eureka (an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire)
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