DURALUMIN


Meaning of DURALUMIN in English

[ djʊ'raljʊmɪn ]

■ noun trademark a hard, light alloy of aluminium with copper and other elements.

Origin

early 20th cent.: perh. from L. durus 'hard' + aluminium , but prob. influenced by Düren , the name of the German town where the alloy was first produced.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.