coltan

Noun

Meaning

a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

columbite-tantalite receptor colombo-tantalite coltan-rich columbo-tantalite

Hypernyms

mineral

Phrases with the word

coltan-rich

Anagrams

Calton locant

Examples

However it is true, as has frequently been observed, that the increase is also because of the fraudulent re-export of Congolese coltan. Source: Internet

Ethnic rivalries were made worse because of economic interests and there was lots of looting and smuggling of coltan. Source: Internet

Recorded coltan production has soared from 147 tonnes in 1999 to 1,300 tonnes in 2001, and coltan was the country's biggest single export earner in 2001. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

colt colt evil colt revolver coltan-rich Coltauco Colten