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    WOLFRAM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheeliteplay

    Synonyms:

    atomic number 74; tungsten; W; wolfram

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("wolfram" is a kind of...):

    metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

    Holonyms ("wolfram" is a substance of...):

    scheelite (a mineral used as an ore of tungsten)

    iron manganese tungsten; wolframite (a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks)

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