English noun: tungsten | |||
| 1. | tungsten (substance) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | atomic number 74, W, wolfram | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metal, metallic element | ||
| Substance meronym | iron manganese tungsten, scheelite, wolframite | ||