From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nickel \Nick"el\, n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw.
kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it
was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the
second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. {Kupfer-nickel},
{Copper-nickel}.]
1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic
number 28. It is of the iron group, and is hard,
malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in
millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with
arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic
weight 58.70.
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Note: On account of its permanence in air and inertness to
oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating
iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in
certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and
is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being
found in meteoric iron.
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2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a
five-cent piece. [Colloq. U.S.]
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{Nickel silver}, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; --
usually called {german silver}; called also {argentan}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nickel
n 1: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is
resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite [syn:
{nickel}, {Ni}, {atomic number 28}]
2: a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
3: five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a
nickel deck of heroin" [syn: {nickel}, {nickel note}]
v 1: plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
nickel /nikɛl/
nickel
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
nickel
nickel
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Nickel /nikəl/
nickel
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