not worth a plug nickel — adjective Having no or almost no value; worthless. In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug… … Wiktionary
Nickel-metal hydride battery — Batteries caption=Modern, high capacity NiMH rechargeable batteries EtoW=30–80 Wh/kg EtoS=140–300 Wh/L PtoW=250–1000 W/kg CtoDE=66% [http://www.powerstream.com/NiMH.htm] EtoCP=2.75 Wh/US$ [ [http://www.powerstream.com/NiMH.htm NiMH Battery… … Wikipedia
Plug-in hybrid — The Chevrolet Volt is the first mass production plug in hybrid available in the United States. A plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), plug in hybrid vehicle (PHV), or plug in hybrid is a hybrid vehicle which utilizes rechargeable batteries, or … Wikipedia
Nickel–metal hydride battery — NiMH redirects here. For other uses, see NIMH (disambiguation). Nickel–metal hydride battery Modern, high capacity NiMH rechargeable cells specific energy 60–120 W·h/kg[1] … Wikipedia
nickel processing — Introduction preparation of the metal for use in various products. Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a… … Universalium
plug — pluggable, adj. pluggingly, adv. plugless, adj. pluglike, adj. /plug/, n., v., plugged, plugging. n. 1. a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge. 2. a core or interior segment taken … Universalium
nickel — nick|el [ nıkl ] noun * 1. ) count a coin in the U.S. and Canada worth five CENTS 2. ) uncount a hard silver metal something isn t worth a plug/wooden nickel AMERICAN OLD FASHIONED used for saying that something is not very valuable or useful … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Spark plug — A spark plug (also, very rarely nowadays, in British English: a sparking plug) is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark.… … Wikipedia
History of plug-in hybrids — The history of plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) spans a little more than a century. Most of the significant commercial developments have taken place after 2002.1899 1999Hybrid vehicles were produced beginning as early as 1899 by Lohner… … Wikipedia
brass farthing — noun Something worthless or of small value. The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. Syn: plug nickel, plugged nickel See Also: not worth a brass farthing … Wiktionary