magnalium

English

Etymology

From magn(esium) + al(umin)ium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæɡˈneɪ.li.əm/

Noun

magnalium (countable and uncountable, plural magnaliums)

  1. An alloy of 75% aluminium with about 25% magnesium.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 686:
      The hanging man's face was partly covered by a hinged mask of magnalium, connected to the oven by gutta-percha hoses.

Latin

Noun

magnālium

  1. genitive plural of magnāle
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