titanium

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ti·ta·ni·um | \ tī-ˈtā-nē-əm

, tə- also -ˈta-nē-əm

, -ˈtan-yəm \

Definition of titanium

: a silvery-gray light strong metallic element with atomic number 22 obtained from ilmenite and rutile and used especially in alloys, refractory materials, pigments, and medical and dental devices — see Chemical Elements Table

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Recent Examples on the Web The company is a critical supplier of titanium to Airbus SE, the world’s biggest commercial jet maker. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 21 July 2022 Also on deck from Richard Mille is the very unusual RM-053 AM TI, a tourbillon with a suit-of-armor-like case made of titanium. — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 14 July 2022 The reclusive Ponti tower was separated by a roadway from the Libeskind building, a pointed titanium shard that looks like a space ship that has crash-landed in the middle of Denver (and is sympathetic to neither the city nor its art). — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 According to a July 20 Seattle King 5 report, Ulis noticed that three pieces of an alloy made of titanium and antimony, two Earth elements, are among those particles. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2022 Meanwhile, the pusher protectors and the twelve-sided bezel are in micro-blasted titanium, making the timepiece both light and strong—and water resistant to 20 ATM. — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 15 July 2022 With bendable titanium frames and straight but snug arms that don't pinch behind my ears, Gresso sunglasses weigh just 16 grams. — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022 In the first few minutes of Julia Ducournau’s jaw-dropper, a young girl is severely injured in a car crash and has a titanium plate fitted into her skull. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 May 2022 The parts of titanium and other materials are created layer by layer, each about as thin as a human hair, up to 20,000 layers, depending on a part’s design. — New York Times, 3 July 2022 See More

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titanium

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ti·ta·ni·um | \ tī-ˈtān-ē-əm, tə- also -ˈtan- \

Medical Definition of titanium

: a silvery gray light strong metallic element found combined in ilmenite and rutile and used especially in alloys (as steel) and combined in refractory materials and in coatings —symbol Ti — see Chemical Elements Table