Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native tungstate of iron and manganese. Its color is generally a brownish or grayish black, and it has a reddish-brown streak.
- noun The metal tungsten or wolframium: an improper and now uncommon use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Same as
wolframite . - noun same as
tungsten .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
wolframite - noun
tungsten
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hi, I am Jorge again, well i would like to have online image editor in wolfram alpha, Thanks and see you.
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Further trivia: wolfram is the old name for tungsten, and there's both a Wolfram Syndrome and, better known, a Munchausen Syndrome
Munchausen and tungsten Ray Girvan 2004
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Further trivia: wolfram is the old name for tungsten, and there's both a Wolfram Syndrome and, better known, a Munchausen Syndrome
Archive 2004-12-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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I've also done due diligence for venture firms on multiple products such as wolfram alpha.
Bits 2009
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I've also done due diligence for venture firms on multiple products such as wolfram alpha.
Bits 2009
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By 1942, the German war machine was nearly totally dependent on Portuguese and Spanish wolfram.
Portugal's Golden Dilemma Neill Lochery 2011
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Not a primary source like wolfram, but it's more flexible and will give you structure, which a simple search lacks.
Google Squared Goes Live, Formats Searches Into Spreadsheet | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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That looks fantastic, I'm a huge wolfram (mathematica) fan and they never fail to impress! greimel imh
Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Answers Questions, Looks Amazing | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If you want to type ‘cell phone’ and see all the data out there well organized, wolfram alpha is supposed to solve this.
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Apparently you just place the cursor in the Wolfram Alpha search box on the page, then open Ubiquity and type "create-new-search wolfram".
Search Wolfram Alpha From The Firefox Search Box | Lifehacker Australia 2009
sionnach commented on the word wolfram
100% mineral, despite the name - there is nothing lupine or ovine about it.
November 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word wolfram
I made a very bad joke today, about the makers of Mathematica suing the periodic table, resulting in tungsten. When nobody laughed I said "too obscure?", and they replied, "too unfunny".
November 3, 2007