wolfram

Definitions


[ˈwʊlfrəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- tungsten or its ore, especially as a commercial commodity


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Origin:
mid 18th century: from German, assumed to be a miners' term, perhaps from Wolf ‘wolf’ + Middle High German rām ‘soot’, probably originally a pejorative term referring to the ore's inferiority to tin, with which it occurred




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