wolfram

[ wool-fruhm, vawl- ]

noun

1. Chemistry. tungsten.
2. Mineralogy. wolframite.

wolfram

/ ˈwʊlfrəm /

noun

1. another name for tungsten

wolfram

/ wl′frəm /

1. See tungsten

Word History and Origins

Origin of wolfram¹

1750–60; < German Wolfram originally, wolframite, probably equivalent to Wolf wolf + -ram, representing Middle High German rām soot, dirt; formed on the model of personal names with initial Wolf-, as a contemptuous epithet for the mineral, which was considered worthless in comparison with tin ores, with which it is often found

Word History and Origins

Origin of wolfram¹

C18: from German, originally perhaps from the proper name, Wolfram, used pejoratively of tungsten because it was thought inferior to tin

Example Sentences

And when you review the periodic table, take special note of Tungsten, or Wolfram.

From The Daily Beast

Wolfram Alpha can only compute facts—and many of those computations deal with science and advanced math.

From The Daily Beast

Wolfram Alpha easily computed a variety of facts: What nutrients are in two Snickers bars?

From The Daily Beast

Google has already begun to mimic some of Wolfram Alpha's functionality, albeit in much more limited ways.

From The Daily Beast

The business plan for Wolfram Alpha is apparently still being written.

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The question then is, where did Wolfram really find those portions of his poems which he could not have drawn from Chrêtien?

From Project Gutenberg

Chrêtien, however, does not give either the first two or the last three books as we find them in Wolfram.

From Project Gutenberg

But whence Wolfram derived his idea of the Grail is a problem which it is to be feared will never now be completely solved.

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Wolfram stands up first and praises a mild platonic attachment as being true love, and his sentiments win much applause.

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In the absence of any definite knowledge as to Wolfram's source it is not possible to do more than suggest possible derivations.

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