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\dˈʌbə͡ljˌuː], \dˈʌbəljˌuː], \d_ˈʌ_b_əl_j_ˌuː]\
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a heavy gray-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
By Princeton University
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a heavy gray-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, takes its form and name from the repetition of a V, the Roman U. It is properly a vowel formed by expiration and opening of the lips, when previously fully rounded and closed. It is, however, regarded as a consonant, because it acts as such at the beginning of words and syllables, as in war, onward; because it is invariably followed by a vowel unless in the specified case of h, and because it never terminates a word unless preceded by a vowel. The terminal w is sometimes mute, as in low, know; and also the initial before r, as in write.
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