telluride
[tel-yuh-rahyd, -rid]
- a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.
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Origin of telluride
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Contemporary Examples
And after the film premiered in Telluride, you were accused by Iran State Media of being a “Zionist” CIA spy.
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm MassacreMarlow Stern
November 9, 2014
Skedaddle onto the equally heart-stopping Million Dollar Highway to Ouray and Telluride.
I first said the film was the story of my life lightheartedly, at a screening in Telluride.
I remember seeing the U.S. premiere of Shame in Telluride, and being blown away.
Carey Mulligan, Star of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ on the Coen Brothers, ‘N Sync Fandom, Lorde, and MoreMarlow Stern
December 3, 2013
Cuarón discussed the technological marvel following its U.S. premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
Alfonso Cuarón On His Spellbinding Sci-Fi Film ‘Gravity,’ Starring Sandra Bullock and George ClooneyMarlow Stern
September 1, 2013
Historical Examples
At Telluride, also, the military overpowered the civil authorities.
Violence and the Labor MovementRobert Hunter
Coloradoite is a telluride of mercury, also a new mineral and quite rare.
The GalaxyVarious
Telluride and Ouray are separated by a mountain that rises four thousand feet above their altitude.
The Rocky Mountain WonderlandEnos A. Mills
I spent a few days about Telluride riding Cricket up to a number of mines, taking photographs on the way.
The Rocky Mountain WonderlandEnos A. Mills
Beyond this it would be comparatively easy to descend on the other side of the slide wreckage and land in the road to Telluride.
The Rocky Mountain WonderlandEnos A. Mills
telluride
- any compound of tellurium, esp one formed between tellurium and a more electropositive element or group
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telluride
[tĕl′yə-rīd′]
- A chemical compound of tellurium and another element, including gold and silver. Telluride is found in mineral ores.
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