Mumetal

[ moo-met-l, myoo- ]

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noun

an alloy containing nickel, iron, and copper, characterized by high magnetic permeability and low hysteresis losses.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mumetal¹

Formerly a trademark; mu (representing the Greek letter, a conventional symbol for permeability) + metal

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Big copper work robots, small aluminum sales-girl mechs, plastoid clerks and typists, squatty little Mumetal lab servos, rationaloids, non-rationaloids and just plain sub-robots—all sizes and shapes.

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mu meson Mumford

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