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aluminide

noun
alu·​mi·​nide | \ É™-ˈlü-mÉ™-ËŒnÄ«d How to pronounce aluminide (audio) \

Definition of aluminide

chemistry
: a binary compound of aluminum and another element iron aluminide

Examples of aluminide in a Sentence

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 These versions are 3-D-printed from titanium-aluminide metal powder, which is lighter, stronger, and more heat-resistant. — Matt Jancer, WIRED, "Boeing’s New Plane Engine Is as Wide as a Fuselage," 19 May 2017

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First Known Use of aluminide

1859, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for aluminide

borrowed from French, from aluminium aluminium + -ide -ide

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