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bimetallic strip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
bimetal-lic strip
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin strip made from a sandwich of two different metals, the metals having different rates of expansion with temperature, so that an increase in temperature causes the strip to bend one way, and a decrease causes it to bend the other; used in various devices such as thermostats.

Inflected Forms

bimetallic strips (plural)

Questions

What does bimetallic strip mean?
A thin strip made from a sandwich of two different metals, the metals having different rates of expansion with temperature, so that an increase in temperature causes the strip to bend one way, and a decrease causes it to bend the other; used in various devices such as thermostats.

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