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Definition of tungsten
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel) — see element table
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Recent Examples of tungsten from the Web
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The report listed three other products — aluminum ingots, ammonium paratungstate and tungsten trioxide — that Hongxiang sold to North Korea and that the United States Commerce Department considers to have possible civilian and nuclear uses.
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Made with a space-age tungsten micro-filament, the iBrew is simple to use.
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Origin and Etymology of tungsten
Swedish, from tung heavy + sten stone
TUNGSTEN Defined for English Language Learners
tungsten
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: a hard metal that is used to make the thin wire in light bulbs and to harden other metals (such as steel)
TUNGSTEN Defined for Kids
tungsten
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: a grayish white hard metallic chemical element used especially for electrical parts (as for the fine wire in an electric light bulb) and to make alloys (as steel) harder
Medical Dictionary
tungsten
playMedical Definition of tungsten
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and in hardening alloys (as steel)—symbol W; called also wolfram; see element table
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