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Definition of: nickel
(nik′əl) noun
1. A hard, malleable, metallic element (symbol Ni, atomic number 28), widely used in metallurgy and the arts. See PERIODIC TABLE.
2. A five-cent coin of the United States, of a nickel-and-copper alloy.
—v.t. To plate with nickel. [<Sw. <G (kupfer)nickel, lit., copper demon; because its ore looks like copper but contains none]
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