(automotive) A part of an odometer capable of recording the distance traveled during a short trip by allowing its readout to be reset to zero.

An alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc per pound of copper.

A mixture of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin making a white brittle alloy that can be polished into a highly reflective surface.

(mathematics) A method for finding successively better approximations to the roots (or zeroes) of a real-valued function.

A type of alpha brass used as imitation gold.

(mathematics) Synonym of Newton's method

Prince Rupert's metal

An alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships.

(obsolete) gold

The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. / An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.