brass

brass

See fig. 133.

A copper alloy with zinc as the primary added element. As with bronzes, there are a wide variety of brass alloys.

Sources

Cultural Heritage: ; , 299; , 297

Copper Industry: ; , 270;

Historical: , 23

General Dictionary: https:​/​/​www​.merriam​-webster​.com​/dictionary​/brass [definition 1]

Other:

Translations

French: laiton

Alliage à base de cuivre dans lequel le zinc est l’élément d’addition principal.

Sources

Cultural Heritage: , 643; ; ; ; , 510

Copper Industry: ; ; , 29; ;

Historical: , 335; , 224

Art and Craft Textbooks: , 271; , 374

Alternate Translations

German: Messing

Sources

, 708; ; ;

Alternate Translations

  • Messinge

  • Messinglegierung

Italian: ottone

Sources

, under ottone; , under Bronzi e ottoni; , under ottone [definition 1, vol. 12, 288]

Chinese: 铜锌合金

Literally “copper-zinc alloy”

Source

, 1440

Alternate Translation

  • 黃铜

    This is a broad, colloquial term for brass.