ATOMIC NUMBER 74

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 74 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 74 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 74 has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 74 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 74 (noun)

Sense 1

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 74; tungsten; W; wolfram

Hypernyms ("atomic number 74" 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 ("atomic number 74" 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)