Dictionary Home »
Dictionary Definitions » tungsten
tungsten
noun
a hard, heavy, gray-white, metallic chemical element, found in wolframite, scheelite, tungstite, etc., and used in steel for high-speed tools, in electric contact points and lamp filaments, etc.: symbol, W; at. no., 74
see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement
Related Forms:
- tungstenic adjective
See tungsten in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Learn more about tungsten
link/cite print suggestion box