Crossword clues for melchior
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, literally "king of light," from Hebrew melekh "king" + or "light."
Wikipedia
Melchior is the name given in later legend to one of the Biblical Magi appearing in the Gospel of Matthew. There are many notable people with this name.
Melchior is both a given name and a surname.
Melchior may also refer to:
- The Melchior system of taxonomy.
- A melchior, a wine bottle holding 18 litres.
- Melchior (alloy), an alloy of copper and nickel used to manufacture cutlery.
- Melchior, a brand of ale brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne, Ingelmunster Belgium
In metallurgy, melchior is an alloy of copper, mainly with nickel (5–30%). Its name originates from , which in turn is distorted , honoring the French inventors of the alloy, Maillot and Chorier. The term melchior sometimes refers not only to the copper-nickel alloys, but also ternary alloys of copper with nickel and zinc (" nickel silver") and even a silvered brass. Melchior is easily deformable by application of pressure, both in the hot and cold state. After annealing, it has a tensile strength of about 40 kg/mm. The most valuable property of melchior is its high resistance to corrosion in air, freshwater and seawater. Increasing content of nickel iron or manganese improves corrosion and cavitation resistance, especially in sea water and atmospheric water vapor. The alloy of 30% Ni, 0.8% Fe, 1% Mn and 68.2% copper is used in maritime shipping, in particular for the manufacture of condenser tubes. Thanks to the nickel, melchior, unlike brass and bronze, has not yellow but silver color. Together with high corrosion resistance, this silvery color are preferred for the manufacture of household utensils.
Melchior, or ' Melichior', was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi along with Caspar and Balthazar who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior was often referred to as the oldest member of the Magi. He was traditionally called the King of Persia and brought the gift of gold to Jesus. In the Western Christian church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi).
Usage examples of "melchior".
Rather than devising a plan to regain my offices as businessman, father, and husband, I found myself thinking of bizcochos, blackhearts, melchiors and swizzle sticks, of the unknowable creature coiled within my skull, of the mystery these creatures posed, the exotic universal potentials their existence suggested, potentials most clearly expressed by the stormdweller.
Li was no more than a hundred and fifty centimeters high and, combined with the weathering and semistarvation of the months on Melchior, she could not have weighed more than thirty-five kilograms or so, yet there was an energy and force inside her that made her seem like a giant to the nearly two-meter-tall muscular man, who easily had a hundred kilos on her, and who now stood there gaping at this sight.
She would dress him as a Nubian pirate, as the Ace of Clubs, as King Melchior, and take him to the poor districts, above all when the galleons were anchored in the bay and the city went on a binge that lasted half a year.
Mutti said that either Melchior or Otto had to go with her because the streets were not as safe as they should be.