Nitinol Definition
nītn-ôl, -ŏl
noun
Any of several paramagnetic alloys of nickel and titanium that can be heated and shaped: when cooled and deformed, they resume their previous shapes upon being reheated.
Webster's New World
Origin of Nitinol
After the Ni(ckel) Ti(tanium) N(aval) O(rdnance) L(aboratory) where its shape-memory properties were discovered
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Compound of the chemical symbols Ni (“nickel”) and Ti (“titanium”) + NOL (“Naval Ordinance Laboratory”).
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