nickel
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nickel/ˈnɪkl/
▶noun
- 1 a silvery-white metal resembling iron, the chemical element of atomic number 28. (Symbol: Ni)
- 2 N. Amer. informal a five-cent coin.
– origin C18: shortening of Ger. Kupfernickel, the copper-coloured ore from which nickel was first obtained, from Kupfer ‘copper’ + Nickel ‘demon’ (with ref. to the ore's failure to yield copper).
'nickel' also found in these Oxford entries:
chrysoprase
- constantan
- cupro-
- cupro-nickel
- electroless
- EPNS
- eureka
- German silver
- Invar
- matte
- Monel
- Ni
- NiCad
- nichrome
- nickel-and-dime
- nickel brass
- nickelodeon
- nickel silver
- nickel steel
- nitinol
- pentlandite
- permalloy
- platinoid
- siderite
- speiss
- white gold
