WordNet
chrome-nickel steel
n. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures [syn: Elinvar]
Usage examples of "chrome-nickel steel".
The sun sheened from the chrome-nickel steel mullions and into his eyes, but he could make out a small, dark shape huddled against the spandrels.