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tantalous

tantalous adjective: containing tantalum in a higher proportion than tantalic compounds.

Adjective

tantalous

  1. Containing tantalum in a higher proportion than tantalic compounds.

Origin of tantalous

From tantalum + -ous.

Words formed from tantalous

  • tantalous oxide

Questions about tantalous

What does tantalous mean?
Tantalous means containing tantalum in a higher proportion than tantalic compounds.
What part of speech is tantalous?
Tantalous is an adjective.

Words near tantalous in the dictionary

  1. tantalizingly
  2. tantalizingness
  3. tantalizings
  4. Tantallon
  5. tantalocene
  6. tantalous
  7. tantalum
  8. tantalums
  9. tantalus
  10. Tantalus cup
  11. Tantalus cups

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