Wiktionary

tungsten

EnglishEdit

 
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Tungsten cube and rods.

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EtymologyEdit

From Swedish tungsten (“scheelite”), from tung (“heavy”) + sten (“stone”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK, US) enPR: tŭng'stən, IPA(key): /ˈtʌŋstən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋstən

NounEdit

tungsten (countable and uncountable, plural tungstens)

  1. 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[1]:
      So far they have built and used a prototype robot to make millionth-of-a-meter scratches in aluminum with a fine tungsten needle.
  2. 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.
  3. (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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  • → Japanese: タングステン (tangusuten)
  • → Malay: tungsten
  • → Spanish: tungsteno

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BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Swedish tungsten.

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NounEdit

tungsten m

  1. tungsten

MalayEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English tungsten, from Swedish tungsten (“scheelite”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tungsten (Jawi spelling توڠستن)

  1. tungsten

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French tungstène.

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NounEdit

tungsten n (uncountable)

  1. tungsten
    Synonym: wolfram

DeclensionEdit

declension of tungsten (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tungsten tungstenul
genitive/dative (unui) tungsten tungstenului
vocative tungstenule

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

tung (“heavy”) +‎ sten (“rock”)

NounEdit

tungsten c

  1. (somewhat dated) scheelite
    Synonym: scheelit
  2. (dated) tungsten, wolfram
    Synonym: volfram

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