Associations to the word «Invar»

Wiktionary

INVAR, noun. An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion.

Dictionary definition

INVAR, noun. An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca