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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Synonyms:
atomic number 28; Ni; nickel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ni" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("Ni" is a substance of...):
garnierite (a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel)
millerite (a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel)
pentlandite (a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel)
smaltite (a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel)
Context examples:
The strongest tornado connection was with strong, persistent La Niñas, consistent with the Super Outbreak of 1974 and the record-shattering tornado outbreaks of 2011, both of which occurred during strong La Niñas.
(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)
South and Central America are particularly strongly influenced by El Niño and this can have both negative and positive consequences for crops, the study showed.
(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)
While the warm water was in the bay, there was a moderately strong La Niña event, and the belt of winds circling Antarctica was closer to the continent rather than farther north — a condition known as the positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM).
(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)
ENSO, or the El Niño-La Niña cycle, is a natural climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean.
(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)
Researchers also looked at the effect of the Indian Ocean Dipole, or Indian Niño, and other climate patterns on crops.
(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)
In a La Niña year, the opposite happens: Cool sea surface temperatures dominate in the eastern tropical Pacific.
(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)
Some scientists predict that El Niño might concentrate in the Pacific without traversing its lengths, while others suggest its pattern may become less predictable.
(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)
In contrast, weak La Niñas led to April outbreaks throughout the South, particularly in Oklahoma and Kansas, while strong La Niñas led to April outbreaks along the Ohio Valley and in the Southeast and Upper Midwest.
(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)
El Niño shifts the growing season around the tropics, causes winter drought in Africa and South America, and changes the timing of monsoon rainfalls in Asia.
(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)
Scientists with NOAA and the University of Miami identified how patterns in the spring phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), coupled with variability in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, could help predict U.S. regional tornado outbreaks.
(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)
