tantalum

English

Chemical element
Ta
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Alternative forms

Etymology

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus,[1] named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tăn'tələm, IPA(key): /ˈtæntələm/
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Noun

tantalum (countable and uncountable, plural tantalums)

  1. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Tantalum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “tantalum”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Danish

Noun

tantalum

  1. (now rare) alternative form of tantal
    • 1870, Mathilde Ørsted, Breve fra og til Hans Christian Ørsted, page 37:
      ... og et nyt Metal, som skal kaldes Tantalum.
      ... and a new metal, which is to be called tantalum.
    • 1975, Tandlægebladet:
      ... individer med tantalum implantater[sic] i kæberne ...
      ... individuals with tantalum implants in their jaws ...
    • 2002, Taenk + Test:
      Det indeholder grundstoffet tantalum, ...
      It contains the element tantalum, ...
    • 1961, Tidsskrift for sygeplejersker:
      ... bomuld, hør, hamp, syntetiske fibre, rustfrit stål og tantalum, ...
      ... cotton, flax, hemp, synthetic fibers, stainless steel and tantalum, ...
    • 1914, Gads danske magasin:
      Paa dette Omraade har man dog fundet et Erstatningsmiddel i Tantalum, ...
      In this area, a substitute has been found in tantalum, ...
    • 1963, Aarhus universitet, Aarsberetning:
      ... ved behandling […] af cancer vesicae (med radioaktivt tantalum).
      ... by treatment […] of cancer vesicae (using radioactive tantalum).

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

tantalum n (genitive tantalī); second declension

  1. tantalum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative tantalum tantala
genitive tantalī tantalōrum
dative tantalō tantalīs
accusative tantalum tantala
ablative tantalō tantalīs
vocative tantalum tantala

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɑ˧nˈʃaː˨lɔ˧m]

Noun

tantalum n

  1. (uncountable) tantalum
  2. A part of tantalum

Malay

Chemical element
Ta
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Etymology

From English tantalum, from Latin Tantalus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tantalom], [tantaləm], [tɛntələm]
  • Rhymes: -alom, -lom, -om

Noun

tantalum

  1. tantalum
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