[tan.ta.lum] n [NL, fr. L Tantalus; fr. its inability to absorb acid] (1802): a hard ductile gray-white acid-resisting metallic element of the vanadium family found combined in rare minerals (as tantalite and columbite)
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Meaning of TANTALUM in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012