"shape memory alloy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shape memory alloys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shape memory alloy (plural shape memory alloys)
  1. Any of a group of metallic materials that can return to a previously defined shape, after being deformed, by being heated. Wikipedia link: shape memory alloy Categories (topical): Alloys Translations (metallic material): 形狀記憶合金 (Chinese Mandarin), 形状记忆合金 (xíngzhuàng jìyì héjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 記憶合金 (Chinese Mandarin), 记忆合金 (jìyì héjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), muistimetalli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shape_memory_alloy-en-noun-EciXVYED Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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