Tungsten
noun
A very hard, heavy, gray metal that has the highest melting point of all metals.
Tungsten is used in light bulb filaments because it has a high melting point.
Often appears as...
- tungsten filament
- tungsten carbide
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Technical
noun
A gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments).
Tungsten is used in manufacturing military equipment.
Often appears as...
- tungsten lamp
- tungsten wire
noun
In the context of dart games, a dart with a point, barrel, shaft, and flight made of or containing the metal tungsten. Tungsten darts are considered higher quality due to their weight and durability.
He grabbed his tungsten darts to practice for the tournament.
Often appears as...
- tungsten dart set
- tungsten dart tips
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Colloquial
noun
A very hard, heavy, gray metal that has the highest melting point of all metals.
Tungsten is used in light bulb filaments because it has a high melting point.
Often appears as...
- tungsten filament
- tungsten carbide
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments).
Tungsten is used in manufacturing military equipment.
Often appears as...
- tungsten lamp
- tungsten wire
noun
In the context of dart games, a dart with a point, barrel, shaft, and flight made of or containing the metal tungsten. Tungsten darts are considered higher quality due to their weight and durability.
He grabbed his tungsten darts to practice for the tournament.
Often appears as...
- tungsten dart set
- tungsten dart tips
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3High Melting Point
Emphasize tungsten's unique resistance to heat, useful in high-temperature applications.
The laboratory equipment uses tungsten to withstand intense heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Tungsten is often mentioned in discussions of heavy industry and advanced manufacturing.
Tungsten alloys strengthen spacecraft parts.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Conductivity
Note that tungsten conducts electricity, crucial in electronics and lighting.
This circuit breaker features tungsten contacts for durability.
Pro Tip 1/3High Melting Point
Emphasize tungsten's unique resistance to heat, useful in high-temperature applications.
The laboratory equipment uses tungsten to withstand intense heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Tungsten is often mentioned in discussions of heavy industry and advanced manufacturing.
Tungsten alloys strengthen spacecraft parts.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Conductivity
Note that tungsten conducts electricity, crucial in electronics and lighting.
This circuit breaker features tungsten contacts for durability.
Pro Tip 1/3High Melting Point
Emphasize tungsten's unique resistance to heat, useful in high-temperature applications.
The laboratory equipment uses tungsten to withstand intense heat.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Tungsten is often mentioned in discussions of heavy industry and advanced manufacturing.
Tungsten alloys strengthen spacecraft parts.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Conductivity
Note that tungsten conducts electricity, crucial in electronics and lighting.
This circuit breaker features tungsten contacts for durability.
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Saving the Creepy...
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Photo Walk in Napa...
that's perfect so if you shoot on auto and you're shooting raw you make those adjustments after the fact so you really just tell in the moment I guess like what you're seeing what's best yeah and you know if you're if you're under a tungsten light or a fluorescent light
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Every Animal Deserves a...
Myriam changes violence they are kid let's go what I'm sure of is that I never asked my grandparents permission which had some consequences and this is where my journey began being a man and the best friend and this is where brought me tungsten National Geographic and a
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The Power of Photography...
this gold is being used in our electronic products it's not just gold but it's tin tantalum tungsten all of these products are being used in our electronic products and we all use them today I use them in my cameras I use them in my mobile phone I use them in my
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What’s a smartphone made...
and causes air and water pollution, threatening the health of nearby communities. Another group of ingredients in smartphones comes with similar environmental these are metals such as copper, silver, palladium, aluminum, platinum, tungsten,
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Let There Be Light PIPE...
electricity through the carbon it glows incandescent makes light but it doesn't melt and that's the key incandescence is the emission of light from something hot carbon and tungsten have the strongest heat resistance of all elements most
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Stewart Brand: Building...
This is one of the mines. It doesn't have any beryllium in it. It's called the Pole Adit. And it does have tungsten, a little bit of tungsten, left over, that's the kind of mine it was. But it goes a mile-and-a-half in a straight line,
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Kevin Kelly tells...
for electricity, instead of burning coal. When we have a bad idea, the response to a bad idea is not no ideas, it's not to stop thinking. The response to a bad idea -- like, say, a tungsten lightbulb -- is a better idea.
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Technology's epic story...
energy for electricity instead of burning coal when we have a bad idea the response to a bad idea is not no ideas it's not to stop thinking the response to a bad idea I say tungsten light bulb is a better
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Jet Engine PIPE National...
you got we got a little bit of gold that's not even gold what is the tungsten that's tungsten tungsten carbide but there's more so let's see what else
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Saving the Creepy...
forests prairies and farmlands they took the usual photography kit with them with some special editions sweep nets to capture bugs big white sheets to hang and a wide array of lights for night time sessions uv lights mercury lights tungsten lights even lights he found years ago at an old gas station
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Photo Walk in Napa...
that's perfect so if you shoot on auto and you're shooting raw you make those adjustments after the fact so you really just tell in the moment I guess like what you're seeing what's best yeah and you know if you're if you're under a tungsten light or a fluorescent light
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Every Animal Deserves a...
Myriam changes violence they are kid let's go what I'm sure of is that I never asked my grandparents permission which had some consequences and this is where my journey began being a man and the best friend and this is where brought me tungsten National Geographic and a
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The Power of Photography...
this gold is being used in our electronic products it's not just gold but it's tin tantalum tungsten all of these products are being used in our electronic products and we all use them today I use them in my cameras I use them in my mobile phone I use them in my
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What’s a smartphone made...
and causes air and water pollution, threatening the health of nearby communities. Another group of ingredients in smartphones comes with similar environmental these are metals such as copper, silver, palladium, aluminum, platinum, tungsten,
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Let There Be Light PIPE...
electricity through the carbon it glows incandescent makes light but it doesn't melt and that's the key incandescence is the emission of light from something hot carbon and tungsten have the strongest heat resistance of all elements most
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Stewart Brand: Building...
This is one of the mines. It doesn't have any beryllium in it. It's called the Pole Adit. And it does have tungsten, a little bit of tungsten, left over, that's the kind of mine it was. But it goes a mile-and-a-half in a straight line,
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Kevin Kelly tells...
for electricity, instead of burning coal. When we have a bad idea, the response to a bad idea is not no ideas, it's not to stop thinking. The response to a bad idea -- like, say, a tungsten lightbulb -- is a better idea.
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Technology's epic story...
energy for electricity instead of burning coal when we have a bad idea the response to a bad idea is not no ideas it's not to stop thinking the response to a bad idea I say tungsten light bulb is a better
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Jet Engine PIPE National...
you got we got a little bit of gold that's not even gold what is the tungsten that's tungsten tungsten carbide but there's more so let's see what else
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John C. McGinley
American Actor
I worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange back when they used to write tickets. And I was just a runner. So a guy would write a ticket and I would run it, and it was endless. That was a hard job. And I dug tungsten... for a coal company in Wyoming one summer, and that was pretty miserable.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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John C. McGinley
American Actor
I worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange back when they used to write tickets. And I was just a runner. So a guy would write a ticket and I would run it, and it was endless. That was a hard job. And I dug tungsten... for a coal company in Wyoming one summer, and that was pretty miserable.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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