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WOLFRAM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; tungsten; W; wolfram

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wolfram" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("wolfram" is a substance of...):

scheelite (a mineral used as an ore of tungsten)

iron manganese tungsten; wolframite (a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks)

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