tungsten – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tungsten
n.
(W) bright-gray rare metallic element having a high melting point and used in alloys of metal(Chemistry); element found in electric lamp filaments and high-speed cutting tools
Tungsten
Tungsten, also known as
wolfram, is a
chemical element with symbol
W and
atomic number 74. The word
tungsten comes from the Swedish language
tung sten, which directly translates to
heavy stone. Its name in Swedish is
volfram, however, in order to distinguish it from
scheelite, which in Swedish is alternatively named
tungsten.
tungsten
Noun
1. a heavy gray-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
(synonym) wolfram, W, atomic number 74
(hypernym) metallic element, metal
(substance-holonym) scheelite
Tungsten (der)
nm.
(Chemistry) tungsten, bright-gray rare metallic element having a high melting point and used in alloys of metal (for example in electric lamp filaments and high-speed cutting tools)
tungsten
n.
tungsten, wolfram
