MEANING
A dense metallic element with an exceptionally high melting point.
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- a tungsten filament
- tungsten shielding
- a tungsten electrode
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The tungsten electrode retained its shape under the operating heat.
He underestimated the weight of the small tungsten block.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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