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superalloy.

Noun
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
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An alloy designed to retain useful strength and resistance to damage at high temperatures.

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  • nickel superalloy
  • superalloy turbine blade

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The superalloy blade survived the test cycle.
They selected a nickel superalloy for the turbine.

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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular superalloy; plural superalloys. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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