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wolfram

American  
[wool-fruhm, vawl-] / ˈwʊl frəm, ˈvɔl- /

noun

  1. Chemistry. tungsten.

  2. Mineralogy. wolframite.

wolfram British  
/ ˈwʊlfrəm /

noun

  1. another name for tungsten

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wolfram Scientific  
/ wl′frəm /

  1. See tungsten

Etymology

Origin of wolfram

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

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