Tellurium Definition

tĕ-lo͝orē-əm
noun
A rare, tin-white, brittle, nonmetallic chemical element, belonging to the same family of elements as sulfur and selenium and occurring naturally in mineral tellurite and tellurides: it is used as a glass tint, as an alloying material, and in thermoelectric converters: symbol, Te; at. no. 52
Webster's New World

A variant spelling of tellurion.

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Synonyms:
  • atomic number 52
  • te

Origin of Tellurium

  • From Latin tellūs, tellūr- earth (by contrast with uranium, under a conception of the latter as an element of the heavens because of its being named after the planet Uranus)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin tellus (“earth") + -ium

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin tellus (“earth").

    From Wiktionary

Tellurium Sentence Examples

  • The presence of tellurium in native sulphur is rare, but is known in certain specimens from Japan.

  • The rare element tellurium has been discovered in New South Wales at Bingara and other parts of the northern districts, as well as at Tarana, on the western line, though at present in such minute quantities as would not repay the cost of working.

  • Vauquelin in 1797, and Klaproth's investigation of tellurium in 1798, the next important series of observations was concerned with platinum and the allied metals.

  • Tellurium appears to give a pale pink tint.

  • It may conveniently be extended to similar mixtures of sulphur and selenium or tellurium, of bismuth and sulphur, of copper and cuprous oxide, and of iron and carbon, in fact to all cases in which substances can be made to mix in varying proportions without very marked indication of chemical action.

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Words Starting With

TTETEL

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MUMIUM

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