atomic number 73

1. 1.

   a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

   SynonymstantalumTa

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 73

What does atomic number 73 mean?

atomic number 73 means "a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite".

What is another word for atomic number 73?

Close synonyms include tantalum, Ta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 73 a common word?

atomic number 73 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.