tungsten
A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin ) with an atomic number of 74.
Example
“He then explained that tungsten has the highest melting point, and the highest boiling point, of all known elements.”
Other meanings
Any of various commercially available alloys principally of tungsten.
“There was a bar of tungsten on the bench, and they were invited to feel how heavy it was.”
A light bulb containing tungsten.
A kind of
- metallic element
Related words
- decatungsten
- ditungsten
- nontungsten
- organotungsten
- radiotungsten
- tungstenlike
- eka-tungsten
- ferrotungsten
- tungstenane
- tungsten carbide
- tungsten fluoride
- tungsten-halogen lamp
Example sentences
Word history
From Swedish "tungsten" (scheelite).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tungsten” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.