tungstic
/ˈtʌŋstɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to tungsten, especially hexavalent tungsten.
Example Sentences
- "Having ſubjected to experiment an oxyd hitherto little known, I mean the tungſtic oxyd, I ſoon diſcovered that it is one of the moſt valuable ſubſtances for receiving and fixing vegetable colours."
- "The tungſtic phoſoxyd (yellow oxyd of tungſten) appears to contain light in its compoſition. It gives out phoſoxygen, and becomes blue on expoſure to ſolar light. It appears capable of combining with the alkalies, alkaline earths, &c."
- "Thoria is introduced as thorium nitrate into the tungstic oxide before the latter is reduced by hydrogen to tungsten power."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *téngʰ-u-s ~ *tn̥gʰ-éw-s Proto-Germanic *þunguz Old Norse þungrder. Swedish tung Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ) Old Norse steinn Old Swedish sten Swedish sten Swedish tungstenbor. English tungsten Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tungstic From tungsten + -ic.
Derived Forms
Phrases
phosphotungstic acid
tungstic acid
tungstic anhydride
tungstic chloride
tungstic ocher
tungstic ochre
tungstic oxide