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nickel
has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) 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 Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)There is evidence , though less convincing than for **f , that the **f bond in nickel dimethylglyoxime is symmetric . A number of semiempirical estimates by various workers lead to the conclusion that the **f bond becomes symmetric when the **f bond length is about 2.4 to 2.5 A , but aside from the possible example of nickel dimethylglyoxime there have been no convincing reports of symmetric **f bonds . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)For all meteorites , the average nickel content is about 2.5 per_cent . This is much higher than the nickel content of terrestrial dusts and sediments and provides a basis for the determination of the meteoritic mass influx . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a US coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Their kind created an American culture superior to any in the world , an industrial and technological culture which penetrated Russia as it did almost every corner of the earth without a nickel from the Federal treasury or a single governmental specialist to contrive directives or program a series of consultations of interested agencies . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] priced at 5 cents
Examples "I can still remember when a nickel ice-cream cone cost only 10 cents" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] costing 5 dollars; slang for the price of unlawful drugs
Examples "a nickel bag" Related terms |
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[ noun ] five dollars worth of a drug
Synonyms Examples "a nickel bag of drugs" "a nickel deck of heroin" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4417
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