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Webster 1913 Edition

Tellurium

Tel-lu′ri-um

,
Noun.
[NL., from L.
tellus
,
-uris
, the earth.]
(Chem.)
A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
Graphic tellurium
.
(Min.)
See
Sylvanite
.
–
Tellurium glance
(Min.)
,
nagyagite; – called also
black tellurium
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tellurium

TELLU'RIUM

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Noun.
A metal recently discovered by Klaproth, combined with gold and silver in the ores, and received from the bannat of Temeswar. The ores are denominated native, graphic, yellow, and black. The native tellurium is of a color between tin and silver, and sometimes inclines to a steel gray. The graphic tellurium is stell gray; but sometimes white, yellow or lead gray. These ores are found massive or crystallized.

Definition 2024

Tellurium

Tellurium

See also: tellurium

German

Noun

Tellurium n ‎(genitive Telluriums, plural Tellurien)

  1. tellurion

Declension

tellurium

tellurium

See also: Tellurium

English

Chemical element
Te Previous: antimony (Sb)
Next: iodine (I)

Noun

tellurium ‎(countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te.
  2. A single atom of this element.
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Etymology 2

Latin tellus ‎(“earth”).

Noun

tellurium

  1. A variant spelling of tellurion.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tellurium n ‎(uncountable)

  1. tellurium

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /telˈluː.ri.um/, [tɛɫˈɫuː.ri.ũ]

Noun

tellūrium n ‎(genitive tellūriī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) tellurium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tellūrium tellūria
genitive tellūriī tellūriōrum
dative tellūriō tellūriīs
accusative tellūrium tellūria
ablative tellūriō tellūriīs
vocative tellūrium tellūria

Etymology

Latin tellus ‎(“earth”) + -ium

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