Hypertext Webster Gateway: "titanium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 metallic
luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic
weight 48.1.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
titanium
n : a light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic
element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for
airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
[syn: {Ti}, {atomic number 22}]
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