tellurium
noun/teˈljʊəriəm/
/teˈlʊriəm/
[uncountable] (symbol Te)
- a chemical element. Tellurium is a shiny, silver-white substance that breaks easily, found in sulphide ores.Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’, probably named in contrast to uranium.
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