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• n  a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
• n  the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
• n  a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
• n  the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet

• tungsten
• wolfram
• W
• atomic number 74
• west
• due west
• westward
• watt
• double-u

News & Articles

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• W.Va. State Trooper Involved in Shooting
  W.Va. State Police say the shooting happened Wednesday evening after a trooper responded to a complaint of a man shooting in the River Road area of Raleigh County, near the Hinton city limits.
  June 13, 2013 - WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia
• W. P. Carey Announces Postponement of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) announced today that its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, originally scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 20, 2013, has been postponed ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• W.Va. 150th birthday ornament unveiled
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A limited-edition ornament commemorating West Virginias sesquicentennial is now available.First lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin unveiled the gold-and-blue glass ornament Wednesday. It was designed by Alum Creek resident Shelley Goodman and ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette