Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated.
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- noun Alternative form of
Nitinol .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now the material called nitinol (night-ih-nawl) is helping cancer patients fight their own battles.
unknown title 2009
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Now the material called nitinol (night-ih-nawl) is helping cancer patients fight their own battles.
unknown title 2009
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It's an interesting metal called nitinol, which has a temperature memory characteristic.
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With the application of a small amount of heat, a nitinol-based long-sleeve shirt can become short sleeved in seconds, while still being able to revert back to its original shape.
Fashions Of The Future Mmoma Ejiofor 2006
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Amanda Parkes, an MIT student, has been studying how nitinol--an acronym for the Nickel Titanium Naval Ordnance Laboratory, a material that contains a nearly equal mixture of nickel and titanium--changes shape during fluctuations in temperature.
Fashions Of The Future Mmoma Ejiofor 2006
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KIPS's eSVS MESH is a mesh sleeve made of nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium, that, when placed over a saphenous vein graft during CABG surgery, is designed to improve the structural characteristics and long-term performance of the vein graft.
unknown title 2011
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Our eSVS MESH is a nitinol mesh sleeve that, when placed over a saphenous vein graft during CABG surgery, is designed to improve the structural characteristics and long-term performance of the saphenous vein graft.
unknown title 2011
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Its innovative nitinol element provides unique anti-slipping properties while circumferentially dilating plaque, providing a precise and predictable dilatation across a wide range of lesion types.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Patents in the Jervis patent family, the last of which is scheduled to expire in 2018, cover the use of stress to restrain certain self-expanding medical devices made of nitinol.
TradingMarkets 2010
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This settlement covers all existing products, as well as any new products developed and commercialized by AGA Medical, using nitinol for the entire term of the Jervis patents.
TradingMarkets 2010
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