Definition of Tungstens

1. tungsten [n] - See also: tungsten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tungstens

tung tree
tungiasis
tungs
tungstate
tungstates
tungstatian
tungsten
tungsten arc lamp
tungsten carbide
tungsten compounds
tungsten steel
tungstenian
tungstenic
tungsteniferous
tungstenite
tungstens (current term)
tungstenum
tungstibite
tungstic
tungstic acid
tungstite
tungstites
tungsto-
tungstophosphoric acid
tungstosilicate
tungstosilicates
tungstosilicic acid
tungstous
tunguses
tungusite

Literary usage of Tungstens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Rates by George Pendleton Watkins (1921)
"It may not be worth while as yet to install tungstens for some of the less ... The extent to which tungstens have already displaced the less efficient types ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"Em. Vigouroux finds that by the alumino-thermic method, pure ferro-tungstens (wolfram-irons) can be prepared in which the proportion of tungsten reaches ..."

3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1901)
"When ferro-tungstens are treated in this way, the tungsten remaining in solution must ... With nickel-tungstens, hydrofluoric and nitric acids are required, ..."

4. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"Our experience In competition is that the flat flame gas burner is about on a par with the carbon lamp, and that two 100-watt tungstens will replace one ..."

5. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"lamps; tungstens at cost. Em 15 Liberty Light A Power Co. ... First Installations and renewals of carbon 16-cp lamps free; tungstens at cost. ..."

6. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"The loads are as follows: 6 gem lights, 305 ohms each; 10 tungsten lamps, 290 ohms each; and 4 tungstens, 150 ohms each. What current does the generator ..."

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