cupro-
variant of cupri-: cupronickel.
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How to use cupro- in a sentence
The bullet has a sharp point, is composed of a lead core and a jacket of cupro nickel, and weighs 150 grains.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.It is merely a smear of infinitesimal thickness, easily removed by solvents of cupro-nickel.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.Qu per ignem ferro et cupro sordes separantur ac reijciuntur, et ab aliis metallis σκωρία uocantur.
On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth | William Gilbert of ColchesterHas a core of lead and tin composition inclosed in a jacket of cupro-nickel.
The Plattsburg Manual | O.O. Ellis and E.B. GareyAbout Mambulao cupro-ferruginous quartz and copper pyrites are found, but are not worked.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines | Frederic H. Sawyer
British Dictionary definitions for cupro-
indicating copper: cupronickel; cuprite
Origin of cupro-
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