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[ˈwʊlfrəm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- tungsten or its ore, especially as a commercial commodity
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Origin
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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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