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Noun: atomic number 74
  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
    - tungsten, wolfram, W

Type of: metal, metallic element

Part of: iron manganese tungsten, scheelite, wolframite