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tungstenic
Variant of 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
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