atomic number 74

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymstungstenwolframW

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 74

What does atomic number 74 mean?

atomic number 74 means "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".

What is another word for atomic number 74?

Close synonyms include tungsten, wolfram, W. 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 74 a common word?

atomic number 74 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.