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duralumin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
du-ra-lu-min
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a trademark of Dürener Metallwerke. Düren is a city in Germany.

Usage

Inflected Forms

duralumins (plural)

Synonyms

dural duralum duralium duraluminum duraluminium

Questions

What does duralumin mean?
An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.
Where does duralumin come from?
From a trademark of Dürener Metallwerke. Düren is a city in Germany.

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