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1.
a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
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a metallic reddish brown.
3.
a coin composed of copper, bronze, or the like, as the U.S. cent or the British penny.
4.
any of several butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, as Lycaena hypophleas (American copper), having copper-colored wings spotted and edged with black.
5.
EXPANDa container made of copper.
adjective
8.
made of copper: copper kettles.
9.
reddish-brown; coppery: The copper sun sank into the sea.
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Coppering
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English coper, Old English coper, copor (cognate with Old Norse koparr, German Kupfer) < Late Latin cuprum, for Latin (aes) Cyprium Cyprian (metal)
before 1000; Middle English coper, Old English coper, copor (cognate with Old Norse koparr, German Kupfer) < Late Latin cuprum, for Latin (aes) Cyprium Cyprian (metal)
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