tantalum
A chemical element with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition…A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
» Tantalum is a chemical element of the symbol Ta.
Тантал — химический элемент, который обозначается символом Ta. — odexed
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
Tantal
танта́лtantál
танта́лtantál
a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
(countable)An atom of this element.
Examples
1 sentencesTantalum is a chemical element of the symbol Ta.
ruТантал — химический элемент, который обозначается символом Ta. — odexed
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Origin
A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin TantA New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus, named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.
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Forms
plural: tantalumsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite:Taatomic number 73
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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