[nit-n-awl, -ol] 
| a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated. |
| ni·ti·nol (nīt'n-ôl', -ŏl') n. An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated. [After the Ni(ckel) Ti(tanium) N(aval) O(rdnance) L(aboratory), where its shape-memory properties were discovered.] |