titanium
pronunciation
How to pronounce titanium in British English:
UK [tɪˈteɪniəm]
How to pronounce titanium in American English:
US [taɪˈteniəm, tɪ-]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- titanium (n.)
- metallic element, 1796, Modern Latin, named in 1795 by German chemist and mineralogist Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) from Latin Titan (see titan) as "sons of the earth." He previously had named uranium. A pure specimen was not isolated until 1887.
Example
- 1. Titanium and tantalum are not so obliging .
- 2. The carbon composite is lighter than titanium , which aids buoyancy .
- 3. Eatr is simply a wolf in sheep 's titanium alloy armour .
- 4. To make the same part with additive manufacturing , eads starts with a titanium powder .
- 5. In the aerospace industry metal parts are often machined from a solid billet of costly high-grade titanium .