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Meaning of sterrometal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, used in making cannon.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“No surprise is, therefore, felt when we are told that a tube of sterrometal is capable of resisting a pressure of 763 atmospheres, a tube of wrought-iron of similar size and form giving way under 267 atmospheres.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Sterry sterryite Stert stertor Stertorous Stertorously

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