Definitions for Copper
ˈkɒp ərcop·per

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copper, Cu, atomic number 29noun

   a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

2. coppernoun

   a copper penny

3. bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pignoun

   uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

4. copper, copper colornoun

   a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper

5. copperverb

   any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings

6. copperverb

   coat with a layer of copper

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COPPERnoun

   One of the six primitive metals.

   Etymology: koper, Dut. cuprum, Latin.

   Copper is the most ductile and malleable metal, after gold and silver. Of a mixture of copper and lapis calaminaris is formed brass; a composition of copper and tin makes bell-metal; and copper and brass, melted in equal quantities, produces what the French call bronze, used for figures and statues. Ephraim Chambers.

   Copper is heavier than iron or tin; but lighter than silver, lead, and gold. It is not unfrequently found native in a malleable state, but in small quantities. In the state of ore it makes, according to its various admixtures, many very different appearances. The richer copper ores are found in many parts of Germany and Sweden; and we have some in England little inferior to the finest Swedish. John Hill, on Fossils.

   Two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. Ezra, viii. 27.

2. Coppernoun

   A vessel made of copper; commonly used for a boiler larger than a moveable pot.

   They boiled it in a copper to the half; then they poured it into earthen vessels. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 848.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copper

   Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orange color. Copper is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloys, such as sterling silver used in jewelry, cupronickel used to make marine hardware and coins, and constantan used in strain gauges and thermocouples for temperature measurement. Copper is one of the few metals that can occur in nature in a directly usable metallic form (native metals). This led to very early human use in several regions, from circa 8000 BC. Thousands of years later, it was the first metal to be smelted from sulfide ores, circa 5000 BC; the first metal to be cast into a shape in a mold, c. 4000 BC; and the first metal to be purposely alloyed with another metal, tin, to create bronze, c. 3500 BC.In the Roman era, copper was mined principally on Cyprus, the origin of the name of the metal, from aes cyprium (metal of Cyprus), later corrupted to cuprum (Latin). Coper (Old English) and copper were derived from this, the later spelling first used around 1530.Commonly encountered compounds are copper(II) salts, which often impart blue or green colors to such minerals as azurite, malachite, and turquoise, and have been used widely and historically as pigments. Copper used in buildings, usually for roofing, oxidizes to form a green verdigris (or patina). Copper is sometimes used in decorative art, both in its elemental metal form and in compounds as pigments. Copper compounds are used as bacteriostatic agents, fungicides, and wood preservatives. Copper is essential to all living organisms as a trace dietary mineral because it is a key constituent of the respiratory enzyme complex cytochrome c oxidase. In molluscs and crustaceans, copper is a constituent of the blood pigment hemocyanin, replaced by the iron-complexed hemoglobin in fish and other vertebrates. In humans, copper is found mainly in the liver, muscle, and bone. The adult body contains between 1.4 and 2.1 mg of copper per kilogram of body weight.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copper

   Copper is a type of chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. It has a pinkish-orange color and is one of the few metallic elements that occur in pure form in nature. Copper is an essential nutrient to all high plants and animals and is often used in manufacturing products such as electrical wiring, pipes, coins, and jewelry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coppernoun

   a common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze

2. Coppernoun

   a coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper

3. Coppernoun

   a vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper

4. Coppernoun

   the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers

5. Copperverb

   to cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship

6. Etymology: [OE. coper (cf. D. koper, Sw. koppar, Dan. kobber, G. kupfer), LL. cuper, fr. L. cuprum for earlier Cyprium, Cyprium aes, i.e., Cyprian brass, fr. Gr. of Cyprus (Gr. ), anciently renowned for its copper mines. Cf. Cypreous.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Copper

   Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. The metal and its alloys have been used for thousands of years. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as сyprium, later shortened to сuprum. Its compounds are commonly encountered as copper salts, which often impart blue or green colors to minerals such as azurite and turquoise and have been widely used historically as pigments. Architectural structures built with copper corrode to give green verdigris. Decorative art prominently features copper, both by itself and as part of pigments. Copper is essential to all living organisms as a trace dietary mineral because it is a key constituent of the respiratory enzyme complex cytochrome c oxidase. In molluscs and crustacea copper is a constituent of the blood pigment hemocyanin, which is replaced by the iron-complexed hemoglobin in fish and other vertebrates. The main areas where copper is found in humans are liver, muscle and bone. Copper compounds are used as bacteriostatic substances, fungicides, and wood preservatives.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copper

   kop′ėr, n. a moderately hard metal of a fine red colour, perhaps the first metal employed by man: money made of copper—e.g. 'a copper' = a penny or halfpenny: a vessel made of copper.—adj. made of copper: copper-coloured.—v.t. to cover with copper.—adj. Copp′er-bott′omed, having the bottom covered with copper, as a ship—n. Copp′er-cap′tain, one who styles himself captain without grounds.—adjs. Copp′er-faced, faced with copper, as type; Copp′er-fas′tened, fastened with copper bolts.—ns. Copp′er-head, a United States snake: (U.S.) a northern sympathiser with the South in the Civil War; Copp′ering, the act of sheathing with copper: a covering of copper.—adjs. Copp′erish, Copp′ery, Cū′preous, containing or like copper.—ns. Copp′er-nick′el, arsenical nickel, niccolite; Copp′er-nose, a red nose caused by intemperance; Copp′erplate, a plate of polished copper on which something has been engraved: an impression taken from the plate; Copp′er-pyrī′tes, a double sulphide of copper and iron of yellow hue; Copp′er-smith, a smith who works in copper; Copp′er-work, a place where copper is wrought or manufactured; Copp′erworm, the ship-worm.—Hot coppers, parched tongue and throat after a bout of drinking. [Low L. cuper—L. cuprum, a contr. of cyprium aes, 'Cyprian brass,' because found in Cyprus.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. copper

   Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core conductor of copper — or aluminum! Opposed to light pipe or, say, a short-range microwave link.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copper

   A heavy metal trace element with the atomic symbol Cu, atomic number 29, and atomic weight 63.55.

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copper

   A policeman, from the thieves’ slang cop, to take, catch.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COPPER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Copper is ranked #10030 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Copper surname appeared 3,211 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Copper.
   
   56.8% or 1,825 total occurrences were White.
   36.6% or 1,178 total occurrences were Black.
   2.9% or 95 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.4% or 78 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 22 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 13 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Coat
   • Penny
   • Policeman

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Copper' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3942

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Copper' in Nouns Frequency: #1928

How to pronounce Copper?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Copper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Copper in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Copper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Copper in a Sentence

1. Yang Changhua:

   The comparison between Shanghai and London prices provided more favorable conditions for copper imports.

2. Nicolas Robin:

   Copper is one of the commodities that is most affected by China and we are still bearish there.

3. Simon Lovat:

   Copper is the most sought after commodity, it's a good time to buy copper assets now, there are some very visible deficits coming up at the end of this decade.

4. Luis Rivera:

   Mining investments like Las Bambas are very long-term and so our mission is to get through the different cycles that the price of copper is going to have.

5. Greg Hare:

   This is one of the earliest examples that we have bow and arrow technology in the Yukon and it’s the earliest known example of copper use in Yukon.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Copper
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Copper
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Copper
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Copper
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Copper
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Copper
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Copper
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html