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Definition of tellurium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tellurium

noun
 
/teˈljʊəriəm/
 
/teˈlʊriəm/
[uncountable]
(symbol Te)
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  1. 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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