tantalum
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tantalum
- /ˈtæntələm/
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A 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.
noun tantalums · tantalium
- A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
- An atom of this element.
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noun element
| Español | tántalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄탈 tantal, 탄탈룸 tantallum, 탄탈럼 tantalleom |
| 日本語 | タンタル tantaru |
| 中文 | 鉭 /钽 tǎn |
| हिन्दी | सहातु sahātu |
| Português | tântalo |
| Français | tantale |
| Deutsch | Tantal |
| Italiano | tantalio |
| Ελληνικά | ταντάλιο tantálio |
| Română | tantal |
| Русский | танта́л tantál |
| Tiếng Việt | tantali, tantan |
| العربية | تَنْتَلُوم tantalūm, طَنْطَلُوم ṭanṭalūm |
| עברית | טנטלום tantálum |
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title = {tantalum},
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