titanium

Chemical element
Ti
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From Titan +‎ -ium.

• enPR: tītā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /taɪˈteɪni.əm/; enPR: tĭtā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /tɪˈteɪni.əm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

titanium (countable and uncountable, plural titaniums)

2. A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
   • 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest‎^[1]:

     Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.

3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

• anatase
• brookite
• ilmenite
• perovskite
• rutile
• sphene

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Titanium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “titanium”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Chemical element
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From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán) +‎ -ium.

titanium n (singular definite titaniummet, not used in plural form)

1. titanium

   Synonym: titan

• “titanium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Borrowed from New Latin titanium, named after Titania, a moon of Uranus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtiˈtaː.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ti‧ta‧ni‧um

titanium n (uncountable)

1. titanium

   Synonym: titaan

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Coined in 1791 by chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, derived from Tītān (“Titan”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiːˈtaː.ni.um/, [t̪iːˈt̪äːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈta.ni.um/, [t̪iˈt̪äːnium]

tītānium n (genitive tītāniī); second declension

1. (New Latin) titanium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ti˧ˈcaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

titanium n

1. (uncountable) titanium
2. A part of titanium

Chemical element
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From English titanium.

• IPA^(key): [titaniom], [titani.əm], [tai̯teni.əm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

titanium

1. titanium (chemical element)