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nick⋅el

  [nik-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling, adjective
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1. Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
2. a cupronickel coin of the U.S., the 20th part of a dollar, equal to five cents.
3. a nickel coin of Canada, the 20th part of a dollar, equal to five cents.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cover or coat with nickel; nickel-plate.
–adjective
5. Slang. costing or worth five dollars: a nickel bag of heroin.
Origin:
1745–55; < Sw, abstracted from kopparnickel < G Kupfernickel niccolite, lit., copper demon (so called because though looking like copper it yielded none); Nickel demon, special use of short form of Nikolaus proper name. Cf. Old Nick, pumpernickel
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nick·el   (nĭk'əl)   
n.  

  1. Symbol Ni A silvery, hard, ductile, ferromagnetic metallic element used in alloys, in corrosion-resistant surfaces and batteries, and for electroplating. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,453°C; boiling point 2,732°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3. See Table at element.

  2. A U.S. coin worth five cents, made of a nickel and copper alloy.

  3. Slang A nickel bag.

tr.v.   nick·eled or nick·elled, nick·el·ing or nick·el·ling, nick·els
To coat with nickel.

[Swedish, short for kopparnickel, niccolite, partial translation of German Kupfernickel : Kupfer, copper + Nickel, demon, rascal, from the deceptive copper color of the ore (from the name Nikolaus, Nicholas).]
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Word Origin & History

nickel 
1755, coined in 1754 by Swed. mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt (1722-65) from shortening of Swed. kopparnickel "copper-colored ore" (from which it was first obtained), a half-translation of Ger. Kupfernickel, lit. "copper demon," from Kupfer (see copper) + Nickel "demon, goblin, rascal" (a pet form of masc. proper name Nikolaus, cf. Eng. Old Nick "the devil;" see Nicholas); the ore so called by miners because it looked like copper but yielded none. Meaning "coin made partly of nickel" is from 1857, when the U.S. introduced one-cent coins made of nickel to replace the old bulky copper pennies. Application to five-cent piece (originally one part nickel, three parts copper) is from 1883, Amer.Eng.; in earlier use were silver half-dimes. To nickel-and-dime (someone) is from 1970 (nickels and dimes "very small amounts of money" is attested from 1893).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nick·el
Pronunciation: 'nik-&l
Function: noun
: a silver-white hard malleable ductile metallic element capable of a high polish andresistant to corrosion that is used chiefly in alloys and as a catalyst —symbol Ni; —see ELEMENT table
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nickel nick·el (nĭk'əl)
n.
Symbol Ni
A silvery hard ductile ferromagnetic metallic element used in alloys and in corrosion-resistant surfaces. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,455°C; boiling point 2,913°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3.

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Idioms & Phrases

nickel

see not worth a dime (plugged nickel).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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