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constantan

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun constantan has 1 sense

constantan(n = noun.substance) eureka - an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire; Array

is a kind of copper-base alloy

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CIDE DICTIONARY

constantan, n.

a copper-nickel alloy composed of approximately 55 per cent copper and 45 per cent nickel, with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; it is used as resistance wire and in thermocouples.

"It has a resistance factor -6 ohm-cm at 0-6 ohm-cm for pure copper and 7.8 x 10-6 ohm-cm for pure nickel. It is similar to the alloy Eureka, which has a -6 ohm-cm. Handbook of Ch. 61." [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

constantan, n. an alloy of copper and nickel used in electrical equipment.

Etymology

constant + -an

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