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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TANTALOUS

From tantal(um) + -ous.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TANTALOUS

tantalous  [ˈtæntələs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANTALOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tantalous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TANTALOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tantalous in the English dictionary

The definition of tantalous in the dictionary is of or containing tantalum in the trivalent state.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TANTALOUS


antipetalous
ˌæntɪˈpɛtələs
apetalous
eɪˈpɛtələs
bipetalous
baɪˈpɛtələs
characterless
ˈkærɪktələs
dialypetalous
ˌdaɪəlɪˈpetələs
dipetalous
daɪˈpɛtələs
epipetalous
ˌɛpɪˈpɛtələs
gamopetalous
ˌɡæməʊˈpɛtələs
monopetalous
ˌmɒnəʊˈpɛtələs
octopetalous
ˌɒktəˈpetələs
operatorless
ˈɒpərˌeɪtələs
petalous
ˈpɛtələs
polypetalous
ˌpɒlɪˈpɛtələs
scepterless
ˈseptələs
shutterless
ˈʃʌtələs
stenopetalous
ˌstɛnəʊˈpɛtələs
sympetalous
sɪmˈpɛtələs
tantalus
ˈtæntələs
titleless
ˈtaɪtələs
tripetalous
traɪˈpɛtələs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANTALOUS

tantalate
tantalic
tantalic acid
tantalisation
tantaliser
tantalisingly
tantalism
tantalite
tantalization
tantalize
tantalizer
tantalizing
tantalizingly
tantalum
tantalus
tantamount
tantara
tanti
tantivies
tantivy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANTALOUS

acephalous
anomalous
antisepalous
autocephalous
bicephalous
brachycephalous
disepalous
episepalous
jealous
macrocephalous
mesaticephalous
mesocephalous
microcephalous
monosepalous
overzealous
ridiculous
scandalous
scaphocephalous
synsepalous
unzealous
zealous

Synonyms and antonyms of tantalous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tantalous» into 25 languages

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tantalous
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tantalous
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tantalous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tantalous
380 millions of speakers
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tantalous
280 millions of speakers

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tantalous
278 millions of speakers

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tantalous
270 millions of speakers

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tantalous
260 millions of speakers

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tantalous
220 millions of speakers

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Tantalous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tantalous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tantalous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tantalous
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Tantalous
85 millions of speakers
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tantalous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tantalous
75 millions of speakers

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75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tantalous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tantalous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tantalous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tantalous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tantalous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tantalous
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

tantalous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tantalous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

tantalous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tantalous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TANTALOUS»

The term «tantalous» is used very little and occupies the 179.104 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tantalous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANTALOUS»

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ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Tantalum forms two compounds with oxygen, viz., tantalous acid, probably TaO, and tantalic acid, Ta02. Tantalous acid is obtained by placing tantalic acid in a small cavity in a crucible filled with charcoal, and exposing it to the strongest heat  ...
THOMAS, GRAHAM, 1858
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Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the ...
Tantalum forms two compounds with oxygen, viz., tantalous acid, probably TaO, and tantalic acid, Ta02. Tantalous acid is obtained by placing tantalic acid in a small cavity in a crucible filled with charcoal, and exposing it to the strongest heat  ...
Thomas Graham, Henry Watts, 1857
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Works of the Cavendish Society: Gmelin, Leopold. Hand-book ...
Sulphate of „ and Lime, hydro- fluate of ., and Potash, sulphate of Tantalide of Iron „ Manganese Tantalite „ of Ferrous oxide Tantalous acid .... „ containing Tungsten .... Tantalum „ Alloys] „ Ferrocyanide „ Fluoride „ Oxalate „ Oxide „ Sulphide ...
Cavendish Society, London, 1872
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A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: ...
Tantalum, in its principal compounds, is quinquivalent, the formula of tantalic chloride being TaC!6, that of tantalic fluoride, TaF6 and that of tautalic oxide ( which, in combination with bases, forms lue tantalate-), Ta,Os. There is also a tantalous ...
George Fownes, 1870
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
... experiments on the preparation of tantalum and on the atomistic volume of the same; tantal-aluminium ; oxide of tantalum; hypo- tantalous acid, Ta,0- • tantalous acid, TaOa ; bypotantalic acid, Ta^O. ; tantalic acid, TaOa ; combinations of the ...
‎1872
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United States of America Congressional Record Proceedings ...
7862 RODNEY SMITH. 5506 STEVEN J. SMITH. 11707 TANTALOUS A. SMITH. 1130 TIMOTHY J. SMITH. 7007 TROY L. SMITH. 4113 VICK1 A. SMITH. 3593 DAVID B. SNIDER. 8947 LAURI J. SNIDER. 1134 WILLOW A. SOLOHENBERGER.
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New Perspectives on Human Security
H.C. Starck (2008) 'Statement of the Company on the Use of Tantalous Raw Materials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)', 17 November 2008; www.hcstarck.com/ pages/2740/drc_statement_en2.pdf accessed 4 July 2009.
Malcolm McIntosh, Alan Hunter, 2010
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The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England
... 'is to make a profitable bargain'.238 The great majority of contemporary portraits of businessmen emphasize their greed: 'his money is his Ultima Perfecta the very Ratio formalis of his Soul . . . tantalous like he is never satisfied'.239 Defoe, ...
Richard Grassby, 2002
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Nietzsche's Philosophy
He resembles the mythical figure of Tantalous. The sole object worthy of thought, namely the cosmic All and aim of the 'great yearning' eludes his grasp. At the end of his path of thinking he addresses the self-contradictory and ambiguous ...
Eugen Fink, 2003
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
O, ; tantalous acid, Tat.),,; hypotantalic acid, Ta-04; tantalic acid, TaOs ; combinations of the acids of tantalum with bases ; tantalum and sulphur ; tantalum and chlorine ; tantalum and fluorine ; compounds of hypotantalum fluoride with fluorine ...
‎1872

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