tungsten
English
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| W | |
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Tungsten cube and rods.
Alternative forms
- tungstenum
Etymology
From Swedish tungsten (“scheelite”), from tung (“heavy”) + sten (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: tŭng'stən, IPA(key): /ˈtʌŋstən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋstən
Noun
tungsten (countable and uncountable, plural tungstens)
- A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.
- 1990 April 7, Ivan Amato, “Getting a feel for atoms: 'magic wrist' takes scientists into a new sensory realm”, in Science News:
- So far they have built and used a prototype robot to make millionth-of-a-meter scratches in aluminum with a fine tungsten needle.
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- A light bulb containing tungsten.
- 1909, E. A. Baily, “The Tungsten Lamp Situation in Various Cities”, in Electrical Age, volume XL, number 10, page 262:
- We have several business houses where tungstens are used as window lights only, and find that in nearly every one the wiring was arranged to get more light, leaving the consumption about the same.
- 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw and Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
- Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
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- (mineralogy, obsolete) scheelite, calcium tungstate
- 1783, “[Review of] Outlines of Mineralogy”, in Monthly Review, volume LXX, number VII, page 47:
- We apprehend that this is not the acid of a calx ponderoſa, but rather a diſtinct acid conjoined to common calcareous earth, ſince, in fact, in another place, § 97, the tungſten is mentioned as a calx ſaturated with a peculiar acid, perhaps of a metallic nature, for which the author himſelf refers us to the above § 33, and ſeems to think it the ſame as the acid there mentioned.
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Synonyms
- wolfram
Derived terms
- eka-tungsten
- ferrotungsten
- tungstenane
- tungsten carbide
- tungsten disulfide, tungsten disulphide
- tungsten fluoride
- tungsten-halogen lamp
- tungsten hexafluoride
- tungstenian
- tungstenic
- tungsteniferous
- tungsten iodide
- tungstenite
- tungstenitic
- tungsten lamp
- tungsten oxide
- tungsten-steel
- tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide
- tungsten trioxide
- tungstic
- tungstite
- tungsto-
- tungstous
Related terms
- tungstate
Descendants
- → Japanese: タングステン (tangusuten)
- → Malay: tungsten
- → Spanish: tungsteno
Translations
chemical element
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See also
- ferberite
- huebnerite
- scheelite
- wolframite
References
- “tungsten”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish tungsten.
Noun
tungsten m
- tungsten
Malay
| Chemical element | |
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| W | |
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| Next: renium (Re) | |
Alternative forms
- توڠستن
Etymology
From English tungsten, from Swedish tungsten (“scheelite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tuŋstən]
- Rhymes: -stən, -ən
Noun
tungsten (Jawi spelling توڠستن)
- tungsten
Synonyms
- siamang / سيامڠ
- wolfram / وولفرم
Romanian
Etymology
From French tungstène.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtunɡ.sten/
Noun
tungsten n (uncountable)
- tungsten
- Synonym: wolfram
Declension
declension of tungsten (singular only)
| singular | ||
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| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) tungsten | tungstenul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) tungsten | tungstenului |
| vocative | tungstenule | |
Further reading
- tungsten in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Etymology
tung (“heavy”) + sten (“rock”)
Noun
tungsten c
- (somewhat dated) scheelite
- Synonym: scheelit
- (dated) tungsten, wolfram
- Synonym: volfram
References
- tungsten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tungsten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tungsten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)