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cupronickel

cup·ro·nic·kel

uncommon

noun

1.

a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel

Origin

From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

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