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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From cupro- + silicon.

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