titanium

Plural: titaniums

Noun

• a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
• A single atom of this element.
• pl. -S a metallic element

Synonyms

atomic number 22, Ti

Related Words

anatase, brookite, ilmenite, perovskite, rutile, sphene, titan-, titanate, titania, titanic, titanite, titano-, titanocene