| NOUN | substance | tellurium, Te, atomic number 52 | a brittle / brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur |
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| Sounds | tehluh'riyahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A brittle / brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold. | |
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| Synonyms | Te, atomic number 52 | |
| Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| Substance of | sylvanite, graphic tellurium | A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride |
| telluride | Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements | |
| Spanish | número atómico 52, telurio, teluro, Te | |
| Catalan | número atòmic 52, tel·luri, telluri, telurio, Te | |
| Adjectives | telluric | of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium |
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