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COPPER-BASE ALLOY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any alloy whose principal component is copper

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Nouns denoting substances

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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