tungsten
nounHow many syllables in tungsten?
There are 2 syllables in the word tungsten.How to pronounce tungsten:
Definition of tungsten:
- tungsten (noun):
- a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite.
- a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel) see chemical elements table
Synonyms for tungsten:
atomic number 74
iron manganese tungsten
metal
metallic element
scheelite
w
wolfram
wolframite
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