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tellurium
[ te-loor-ee-uhm ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. : Te; : 127.60; : 52; : 6.24.
tellurium
/ tɛˈlʊərɪəm /
noun
- a brittle silvery-white nonmetallic element occurring both uncombined and in combination with metals: used in alloys of lead and copper and as a semiconductor. Symbol: Te; atomic no: 52; atomic wt: 127.60; valency: 2, 4, or 6; relative density: 6.24; melting pt: 449.57±0.3°C; boiling pt: 988°C
tellurium
/ tĕ-lr′ē-əm /
- A metalloid element that occurs as either a brittle, shiny, silvery-white crystal or a gray or brown powder. Small amounts of tellurium are used to improve the alloys of various metals. Atomic number 52; atomic weight 127.60; melting point 449.5°C; boiling point 989.8°C; specific gravity 6.24; valence 2, 4, 6.
- See Periodic Table
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tellurium1
< New Latin (1798), equivalent to Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs ) earth + -ium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tellurium1
C19: New Latin, from Latin tellūs the earth, formed by analogy with uranium
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Example Sentences
Palladium, rhodium and tellurium are also met with as alloys of gold.
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It is also found in some comparatively rare minerals, such as tetradymite, combined with tellurium, and associated with gold.
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The cross in tellurium is identical with that in cadmium, except that the centre is seven-atomed instead of four-atomed.
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Tellurium very closely resembles cadmium, and they are, therefore placed on the same diagram.
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Tellūrif′erous, containing tellurium; Tel′lūrous, pertaining to tellurium.
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