sterrometal means an alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, used in making cannon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
noun
- An alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, used in making cannon.“No surprise is, therefore, felt when we are told that a tube of sterrometal is capable of resisting a pressure of 763 atmospheres, a tube of wrought-iron of similar size and form giving way under 267 atmospheres.”