Complete Definition of "tungsten"

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Alternative spellings
tungstenum

Etymology
Swedish and Danish tung heavy, + sten stone (although neither language uses "tungsten" as the name of the element)

Noun
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  1. a metallic chemical element (symbol W) with an atomic number of 74. The symbol is derived from the Latin word wolframium.

Synonyms
wolfram

Derived terms
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eka-tungsten
ferrotungsten
tungstenane
tungsten carbide
tungsten disulfide, tungsten disulphide
tungsten fluoride
tungsten-halogen lamp
tungsten hexafluoride
tungstenic
tungsten iodide
tungsteniferous
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tungstenite
tungstenitic
tungsten lamp
tungsten oxide
tungsten-steel
tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide
tungsten trioxide
tungstic
tungstite
tungsto-
tungstous

Related terms
tungstate

Translations

Afrikaans: wolfraam
Albanian: volfram
Arabic: ARchar|ت�جست�� (tongasté:n) m
Armenian: Õ¾Õ¸Õ¬Ö�Ö�Õ¡Õ´ (volfram)
Basque: wolframioa
Belarusian: вал���ам (val�frám) m
Breton: tungsten
Bulgarian: вол��ам (volfrám) m
Catalan: tungstè
Chinese: �, � (wū)
Cornish: tungsten
Croatian: volfram
Czech: wolfram#Czech|wolfram m
Danish: wolfram
Dutch: wolfraam n
Esperanto: volframo
Estonian: volfram
Faroese: wolfram
Finnish: volframi
French: tungstène m, wolfram#French|wolfram m
Frisian: wolfraam
Friulian: tungsten, volframi
Gallegan: volframio
Georgian: �������� (volp�rami)
German: Wolfram n
Greek, Modern: βολ��άμιο (volfrámio) n
Hebrew: ��נ�ס�� (tungstén), ���פר� (volfrám)
Hungarian: volfrám
Icelandic: þungsteinn
Irish: tungstan
Italian: tungsteno m, wolframio m
Japanese: ������ (tangusuten)
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Korean: ��� (teongseuten), 볼�� (bolpeuram), �� (��, jungseok)
Kashmiri: wòlfram
Kazakh: вол���ам (vol�fram)
Latin: wolframium
Latvian: volframs
Lithuanian: volframas
Luxembourgish: wolfram
Macedonian: вол��ам (volfrám) m
Malay: wolfram
Maltese: tangstinn
Manx: tungsten
Mongolian: бол���ам (bol�fram)
Norwegian: wolfram
Polish: wolfram
Portuguese: tungstênio m
Romanian: tungsten n, wolfram
Russian: вол���ам (vol�frám) m
Scottish Gaelic: tungstan
Serbian: вол��ам (volfram) m
Slovak: wolfram
Slovenian: volfram
Spanish: tungsteno m, wolframio m
Swedish: volfram
Tajik: vol'fram
Tamil: த��ஸ�த�ன� (ta�sten)
Thai: THchar|�ั�ส��� (thangsàten), THchar|วุล��รม) (wulfraem)
Turkish: volfram, tungsten
Ukrainian: вол���ам (vol�frám) m
Uzbek: вол���ам (vol�fram)
Vietnamese: vonfam
Welsh: twngsten

External links
For more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/w.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also
ferberite
huebnerite
scheelite
wolframite

Category:Chemical elements
Category:Swedish derivations

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