Definition of copper

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Copper (n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze..

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Coppery :: Coppery (a.) Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper..
Malachite :: Malachite (n.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure..
Melaconite :: Melaconite (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores..
Caracoly :: Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper..
Dioptase :: Dioptase (n.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals..
Skillet :: Skillet (n.) A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat..
Ore :: Ore (n.) The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers)..
Copper Works :: Copper works () A place where copper is wrought or manufactured.
Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..
Electro-gilding :: Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity..
Leede :: Leede (n.) A caldron; a copper kettle.
Argentan :: Argentan (n.) An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
Glance :: Glance (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance..
Venus :: Venus (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus..
Doop :: Doop (n.) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Li :: Li (n.) A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.
Copperworm :: Copperworm (n.) The ringworm.
Erinite :: Erinite (n.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs..
Cuprous :: Cuprous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion..
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