NiFe

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See also: nife

English

Etymology 1

From translingual Ni (nickel) +‎ Fe (iron).

Noun

NiFe (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) Rechargeable battery with nickel and iron electrodes.

Etymology 2

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as translingual Ni (nickel) +‎ Fe (iron).[1]

Noun

NiFe

  1. (geology) Alternative form of nife

References

  1. ^ Eduard Suess (1909) “Vierter Theil, Vierundzwanzigster Abschnitt: Die Tiefen”, in Das Antlitz der Erde (in German), volume 3.2, Wien: F. Tempsky, →OCLC, page 626:
    Wir nehmen ferner drei Zonen oder Hüllen als maassgebend für die Beschaffenheit der Erde an, u. zw. die Barysphäre oder das Nife (Ni-Fe), ferner Sima (Si-Mg) und Sal (Si-Al). Diese Theilung unterscheidet sich von der Classification, die von hervorragenden americanischen Petrographen vorgeschlagen wurde, durch die Abtrennung der metallischen Barysphäre (Nife).
    We further assume the existence of three zones or envelopes as determining the structure of the earth, namely, the barysphere or the Nife (Ni-Fe), Sima (Si-Mg), and Sal (Si-Al). This division differs from the classification which has been proposed by distinguished American petrographers, in the separation of the metallic barysphere (Nife).

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