SPECULUM METAL

  

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SPECULUM METAL

Definition: SPECULUM METAL

SPECULUM METAL

1. A hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: SPECULUM METAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-l-m-m-p-s-t-u-u"

-4 letters: cellmates, cumulates, malemutes, peculates, plumelets, scutellum, speculate.

-5 letters: amputees, calumets, capelets, cellmate, cumulate, cupulate, custumal, emplaces, emulates, epaulets, malemute, muscatel, peculate, plumelet, plummets, plumules, scutella, speculum, ululates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SPECULUM METAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 50 45 43 55 4C 55 4D      4D 45 54 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010101 01001100 01010101 01001101 00100000 01001101 01000101 01010100 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#69 &#67 &#85 &#76 &#85 &#77 &#32 &#77 &#69 &#84 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0045 0043 0055 004C 0055 004D      004D 0045 0054 0041 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

535039375546554724739543546

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1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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