noun
- An alloy of copper, manganese, and nickel, used in electrical resistors and precision instruments because of its stable resistance to temperature changes.
Usage: technical; material science
Examples
- Manganin wire is commonly used in precision resistors for laboratory equipment.
- The electrical engineer selected manganin for the circuit because of its low temperature coefficient.
- Manganin resistors maintain their resistance values across a wide range of temperatures.
- The alloy manganin was developed to provide stable electrical properties in sensitive instruments.