titanium
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- n a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
- In its short commercial life, titanium has been tagged "the wonder metal.
- One of the Government's most costly and coddled cold-war babies was its crash program to mass-produce titanium, the "wonder metal'' that is lighter than steel and tougher.
- The titanium drivers all exceeded this limit, with one club cracking out 128 decibels.