Definitions for Duralumin

Duralumin du·ral·u·min

Spelling: [doo-ral-yuh-min, dyoo-]
IPA: /dʊˈræl yə mɪn, dyʊ-/

Duralumin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in Duralumin (adilmnruu).

Definitions for Duralumin

noun

  1. an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.

Origin of Duralumin

1905-10; Latin dūr(us) hard + alumin(um)

Examples for Duralumin

Are their motors made with sheet steel cylinders or with duralumin engine blocks?

But duralumin, probably, a very light, strong alloy; and what I have here is a hunting knife with a can-opener on one end!

The latest German airplane, the "Junker," was made entirely of duralumin.

The duralumin factory is capable of meeting all Zeppelin requirements.

They were through, penetrating solid crystal, masonry, steel and duralumin girders.

duralumin is four or five times as strong as aluminum and yet weighs but little more.

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