1. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite; [syn: nickel, Ni, atomic number 28]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 28
n 1: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is
resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite [syn:
nickel, Ni, atomic number 28]