Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several hard, strong alloys of iron, aluminum, nickel, cobalt and sometimes copper, niobium, or tantalum, used to make strong permanent magnets.
Wiktionary
- n. An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt (named for their chemical symbols Al, Ni and Co respectively), sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets.
WordNet 3.0
- n. trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium
Etymologies
- al(uminum) + ni(ckel) + co(balt). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“My speaks are homemade. the drivers are 12 coaxials made by PHY a french company paper cones, alnico magnets and silver voice coils.”
“Like Teasel's or Nettle's, and there were things in it, little bits of alnico, that let me really smile or frown when I moved them with the coils behind my faceplate.”
“The top of the stove was alnico strips, arranged rather like the top of a magnetic chuck.”
“The top of the stove was alnico-magnet strips, arranged rather like the top of a magnetic chuck.”
“V7 and 8 are good, but I found that the V1 and V2 (alnico magnets) are better than them all.”
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“There's a perfect balance between brightness and warmth. the special alnico magnet gives it a very nice woody tone.”
“With alnico II magnets and balanced coils, these pickups deliver an unmistakable vintage vibe with warm, rich tone.”
“Maple neck and fretboard (semi relic look) fret wires 97% gotoh tuners string thru single coil - humbucker config upgraded bridge humbucker (motherbucker alnico bridge) with kill switch comes with a generic case and free cord”
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“MFGmatch and IndustrialCOOP are committed to be the leading online industrial resource for all kinds of magnets such as ceramic, samarium, bonded neodymium, rare earth, flexible alnico, lifting magnets and other types," said Rossi.”
“Artec HBBA-XBB humbuckers: both have alnico 5 magnets and adjustable hex-key pole pieces (just like DM's!)”
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