CUPRO

Meaning of CUPRO in English

[ 'k(j)u:prəʊ ]

■ noun a type of rayon made by dissolving cotton cellulose with cuprammonium salts and spinning the resulting solution into filaments.

Origin

1980s: an invented word, prob. from cuprammonium .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CUPRO — n 1. [Metal.] copper; 2. brass-wind instrument; cupros [Mus.] brass, brass winds
Interlingua English vocab
CUPRO- — combining form see: cupr-
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUPRO- — combining form see cupr-
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUPRO- — var. of cupri-: cupronickel.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUPRO- — see cupr-
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUPRO- — [ 'kju:prəʊ ] (also cupr- before a vowel) ■ combining form relating to copper: ~nickel. Origin from late L. cuprum …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUPRO- — comb. form copper (cupro-nickel).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUPRO-NICKEL — ■ noun an alloy of copper and nickel, especially in the proportions 3:1 as used in ‘silver’ coins.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUPRO-NICKEL — n. an alloy of copper and nickel, esp. in the proportions 3:1 as used in 'silver' coins.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUPRO-NICKEL — n. an alloy of copper and nickel, esp. in the proportions 3:1 as used in 'silver' coins.
Oxford English vocab
FLOR — n I. flower (1. blossom; 2. flowering plant; 3. the best part); II. virginity; flor de farina flour; flor de …
Interlingua English vocab
CUPR- — or cupri- or cupro- combining form see: copper copper , copper and
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUPR- — combining form or cupro- Etymology: Late Latin cupr-, from cuprum — more at copper 1. a. : copper cupr ite …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUPRONICKEL — /kyooh"preuh nik'euhl, kooh"-/ , n. 1. any of various alloys of copper containing up to 40 percent nickel. adj. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUPRI- — a combining form meaning "copper," used in the formation of compound words: cupriferous. Also, cupr-, cupro- . [ comb. form …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUPR- — or cupri- or cupro- Etymology: Late Latin cuprum — more at copper 1. : copper cupri ferous 2. : copper …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUPR- — ■ combining form variant spelling of cupro- shortened before a vowel (as in cuprammonium ).
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUPR- — [cupr-] or cupri- or cupro- comb form [LL cuprum--more at copper] 1: copper "cupriferous" 2: copper and "cupronickel"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SILVER — n., adj., & v. --n. Chem. 1 a greyish-white lustrous malleable ductile precious metallic element, occurring naturally as the element …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SILVER — n., adj., & v. n. Chem. 1 a greyish-white lustrous malleable ductile precious metallic element, occurring naturally as the element …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUPRO — comb. form copper (cupro-nickel).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SILVER — n., adj., & v. --n. Chem. 1. a greyish-white lustrous malleable ductile precious metallic element, occurring naturally as the element …
Oxford English vocab
FABRIC — n. 25B6; noun the finest silk fabric : CLOTH, material, textile, tissue. See list. the fabric of the building : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALLOY — n. 25B6; noun MIXTURE, mix, amalgam, fusion, meld, blend, compound, combination, composite, union; technical admixture. See list. Alloys aluminium brass …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
МЕЛЬХИОР — cupro-nickel, german silver; ~овый german silver attr
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
МЕЛЬХИОР — cupro-nickel, german silver; ~овый german silver attr
Русско-Английский словарь - QD
МЕЛЬХИОР — муж. cupronickel, nickel silver, German silver м. cupro-nickel, German silver ~овый German silver attr
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