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Webster 1913 Edition

Nickel

Nick′el

,
Noun.
[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.
☞ 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.
2.
A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Nickel silver
,
an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; – usually called
german silver
; called also
argentan
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nickel

NICKEL

,
Noun.
A metal of a white or reddish white color, of great hardness, very difficult to be purified, always magnetic, and when perfectly pure, malleable. It is generally obtained from its sulphuret.

Definition 2024

Nickel

Nickel

See also: nickel

English

Proper noun

Nickel

  1. A patronymic surname​.

German

Chemical element
Ni Previous: Kobalt (Co)
Next: Kupfer (Cu)

Etymology

A pet form of the proper masculine name Nikolaus, see also Old Nick "the devil" and Nicholas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪkl̩/, /ˈnɪkəl/

Noun

Nickel n

  1. nickel (a silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni).

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nickel

nickel

See also: Nickel

English

Chemical element
Ni Previous: cobalt (Co)
Next: copper (Cu)
Nickel (element)
A US nickel coin.

Noun

nickel ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nickels)

  1. (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
  2. (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
  3. (US slang, by extension) Five dollars.
  4. (US slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
  5. (US slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
  6. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
  7. (US slang) A five-year prison sentence.
  8. (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.

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Verb

nickel ‎(third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling, simple past and past participle nickeled)

  1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.kɛl/

Noun

nickel m ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nickels)

  1. (usually uncountable) nickel (metal)
  2. (countable) atom of nickel

Related terms

  • nickelage
  • nickeler

Adjective

nickel m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. (slang) spotless
  2. (slang) perfect, bang on

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

nickel n

  1. nickel; a chemical element
  2. a coin of small, but undetermined value
    Jag har inte en/ett nickel.
    I don't have a nickel

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Etymology

One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.

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