Tungsten Definition
tŭngstən
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
Webster's New World
A light bulb containing tungsten.
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(mineralogy) Scheelite, or calcium tungstate.
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Other Word Forms of Tungsten
Noun
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tungstensOrigin of Tungsten
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Swedish tung heavy (from Old Norse thungr) sten stone (from Old Norse steinn stāi- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Swedish and Danish tung (“heavy") + sten (“stone") (although neither language uses "tungsten" as the name of the element)
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