transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtəŋ-stən ]
noun
Etymology: Swedish, from tung heavy + sten stone
Date: 1796
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (as steel) — see element table