Nitinol

See also: nitinol

English

Etymology

Compound of the chemical symbols Ni (“nickel”) and Ti (“titanium”) + NOL (“Naval Ordinance Laboratory”). [1]

Noun

Nitinol (countable and uncountable, plural Nitinols)

  1. An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated.

References
  1. Time, 13 September 1968, The Alloy That Remembers
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