English translation for "osmium"

n. osmium, bluish-white metallic element of the platinum group that is often used in the manufacturing of pen tips and ball bearings

Example Sentences:

	1.	Smith mistook the dark coloured ore he found for tin oxide or wolfram (tungsten). Osram est un acronyme qui condense les termes des métaux osmium et wolfram (tungstène).
	2.	The "Osram" name is derived from osmium and Wolfram (German for tungsten, also used in English), as both these elements were commonly used for lighting filaments at the time the company was founded. OSRAM tire son nom des mots osmium et Wolfram (nom germanophone du tungstène, aussi utilisé par les anglophones), deux métaux très utilisés pour la fabrication des filaments des premières lampes à incandescence, à l'époque où la compagnie fut fondée.

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