tungsten
noun
tung·sten ˈtəŋ-stən 
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel) see Chemical Elements Table
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web To counter this, JET now has a special tungsten and beryllium shielding that will also be part of ITER. 
Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2022 The company allegedly certified that its tungsten was sourced in the U.S. when it was actually sourced in China. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021 The Custom Shop also will offer more than 35 shotshell combinations loaded with Federal’s dense tungsten super shot (TSS) designed for turkey and waterfowl hunters. Field & Stream, 2 Oct. 2020 Winchester Long Beard delivered the extra yards, and at the price of lead, not tungsten. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2020 Processors will strip out their coltan, gold, tin, and tungsten so they can be used in new equipment, thus reducing demand for new mining. National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020 Porsche's solution, developed with Bosch, sprays a 0.004-inch tungsten-carbide coating onto iron discs, making them five times harder. Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020 Incandescent The original electric light bulb as developed by Thomas Edison and his contemporaries in the mid-to-late 19th century, incandescent bulbs are made of glass with a gas like argon plus a tungsten filament inside. Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2020 That great sink rate is due to the fly’s big tungsten bead head and the glassy coat of epoxy usually applied to it. Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 30 Mar. 2020 See More
Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2022 The company allegedly certified that its tungsten was sourced in the U.S. when it was actually sourced in China. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021 The Custom Shop also will offer more than 35 shotshell combinations loaded with Federal’s dense tungsten super shot (TSS) designed for turkey and waterfowl hunters. Field & Stream, 2 Oct. 2020 Winchester Long Beard delivered the extra yards, and at the price of lead, not tungsten. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2020 Processors will strip out their coltan, gold, tin, and tungsten so they can be used in new equipment, thus reducing demand for new mining. National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020 Porsche's solution, developed with Bosch, sprays a 0.004-inch tungsten-carbide coating onto iron discs, making them five times harder. Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020 Incandescent The original electric light bulb as developed by Thomas Edison and his contemporaries in the mid-to-late 19th century, incandescent bulbs are made of glass with a gas like argon plus a tungsten filament inside. Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2020 That great sink rate is due to the fly’s big tungsten bead head and the glassy coat of epoxy usually applied to it. Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 30 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Swedish, from tung heavy + sten stone
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
tungsten
noun
tung·sten ˈtəŋ-stən
: a grayish white hard metallic chemical element used especially for electrical parts (as for the fine wire in an electric light bulb) and to make alloys (as steel) harder
Medical Definition
tungsten
noun
tung·sten ˈtəŋ-stən
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and in hardening alloys (as steel) —symbol W
called also wolfram
see Chemical Elements Table