columbite-tantalite

1. 1.

   a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips

   Synonymscoltan

   Broadermineral

Questions about columbite-tantalite

What does columbite-tantalite mean?

columbite-tantalite means "a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips".

How many syllables are in columbite-tantalite?

columbite-tantalite has 7 syllables and divides as co-lum-bi-te--tan-ta-lite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for columbite-tantalite?

Close synonyms include coltan. 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.