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Webster 1913 Edition

Titanium

Ti-ta′ni-um

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
Titani
or
Titanes
, Gr. [GREEK], 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 metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.

Webster 1828 Edition

Titanium

TITA'NIUM

,
Noun.
In mineralogy, a metal of modern discovery, and of a dark copper color, first found in Cornwall in England. It occurs in different states of oxydation or intermixture, in various parts of the world. It exists in three different states of oxydation; the first is blue or purple, the second red, and the third white. The ores of this metal are called menachanite, from Menachan in Cornwall, where it was originally found; iserine; from the river Iser, in Silesia; nigrine, from its black color; sphene, rutile, and octahedrite.

Definition 2024

Titanium

Titanium

See also: titanium

German

Noun

Titanium n ‎(genitive Titaniums, no plural)

  1. titanium

Declension

Synonyms

titanium

titanium

See also: Titanium

English

Chemical element
Ti Previous: scandium (Sc)
Next: vanadium (V)

Noun

titanium ‎(countable and uncountable, plural titaniums) (Symbol: Ti)

  1. A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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Dutch

Chemical element
Ti Previous: scandium (Sc)
Next: vanadium (V)

Pronunciation

Noun

titanium n ‎(uncountable)

  1. titanium

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

Coined in 1791 by chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, derived from Titānus ‎(“Titan”) +‎ -ium ‎(“chemical element suffix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

titānium n ‎(genitive titāniī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) titanium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative titānium titānia
genitive titāniī titāniōrum
dative titāniō titāniīs
accusative titānium titānia
ablative titāniō titāniīs
vocative titānium titānia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ti˧ˈcaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

Noun

titanium n

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

Inflection

Malay

Chemical element
Ti Previous: skandium (Sc)
Next: vanadium (V)

Etymology

From English titanium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [titaniom], [titani.əm], [tai̯teni.əm]
  • Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

titanium

  1. titanium (chemical element)

Etymology

From Titan +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɪˈteɪni.əm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniəm

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