Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tantalum \Tan"ta*lum\, n. [NL. So named on account of the
perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer
(Ekeberg) in isolating it. See {Tantalus}.] (Chem.)
A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as
tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a
dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol
Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also {tantalium}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tantalum
n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: {tantalum}, {Ta}, {atomic number 73}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
tantalum /tɑntalɵm/
tantalum
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