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a chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc .
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Titanium — «Titanium» Sencillo de David Guetta con Sia del álbum Nothing But the Beat Publicación 5 de agosto de 2011 Formato Descarga … Wikipedia Español
titanium — ti‧ta‧ni‧um [taɪˈteɪniəm] noun [uncountable] a strong, light, and very expensive metal used in manufacturing and traded on Commodities Markets: • The company plans to mine titanium deposits in South Africa. * * * Ⅰ. titanium UK US /tɪˈteɪniəm/… … Financial and business terms
Titanium — bezeichnet: den englischen Namen des chemischen Elements Titan, siehe Titan (Element) Titanium (Programmiersprache) eine objektorientierte Programmiersprache Titanium (Engine) eine Spieleplattform ein Lied von David Guetta und Sia Furler, siehe… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Titanium — Ti*ta ni*um, n. [NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. ?, the sons of the earth.] (Chem.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron gray amorphous powder, having a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Titanium — (Min.), so v.w. Titan … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
titanium — Symbol: Ti Atomic number: 22 Atomic weight: 47.90 White metallic transition element. Occurs in numerous minerals. Used in strong, light corrosion resistant alloys. Forms a passive oxide coating when exposed to air. First discovered by Gregor in… … Elements of periodic system
titanium — metallic element, 1796, Modern Latin, named in 1795 by German chemist and mineralogist Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743 1817) from L. Titan (see TITAN (Cf. titan)) as sons of the earth. He had previously named URANIUM (Cf. uranium) … Etymology dictionary
titanium — ► NOUN ▪ a hard silver grey metal used in strong, light, corrosion resistant alloys. ORIGIN from TITAN(Cf. ↑Titan), on the pattern of uranium … English terms dictionary
titanium — [tī tā′nē əm, titā′nē əm] n. [ModL: arbitrary coinage (1796) by M. H. Klaproth (see TELLURIUM) for element discovered (1791) by William Gregor (1761 1817), Brit mineralogist, and later by Klaproth < Gr Titanes, pl. of Titan, TITAN + IUM, by… … English World dictionary
Titanium — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Titanium (disambiguation). scandium ← titanium → vanadium … Wikipedia
titanium — /tuy tay nee euhm/, n. Chem. a dark gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol … Universalium
