tellurium
/tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
tellurium noun: the chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid. Also the alternative form of tellurion.
Noun
tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)
- The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
- A single atom of this element.
Also used as
tellurium is also the alternative form of tellurion.
tellurium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
tellurium in Hindi
- chemical element
- वंगक vaṅgak
tellurium in Tamil
- chemical element
- வெண்கந்தகம் veṇkantakam
tellurium in Tagalog
- chemical element
- teluro
tellurium in Arabic
- chemical element
- تِلُّورِيُوم tillūriyūm, تِيلُورِيُوم tīlūriyūm
More languagesFewer languages
- tellurium in Malay
- telurium
- tellurium in Thai
- เทลลูเรียม teel-luu-rîiam
- tellurium in Vietnamese
- telua, telu
Synonyms of tellurium
Forms of tellurium
| plural | telluriums |
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Origin of tellurium
New Latin, coined by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798, from Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium (“-ium”). Piecewise doublet of tellurion (see etymology 2).
Latin tellus (“earth”).
Words formed from tellurium
- bismuthic tellurium
- bismuth-tellurium
- black tellurium
- ditellurium
- foliated tellurium
- graphic tellurium
- nontellurium
- organotellurium
- radiotellurium
- tellurane
- tellurantimony
- tellurate
- telluret
- tellureted
- telluretted
- telluric
- telluride
- telluriferous
- tellurious
- tellurise
- tellurize
- tellurite
- tellurium-128
- tellurium-130
- tellurium bromide
- tellurium chloride
- tellurium dioxide
- tellurium glance
- tellurium hydride
- tellurium nitrate
- tellurium oxalate
- tellurium salt
- tellurium sulfate
- tellurium sulphate
- tellurium sulfide
- tellurium sulphide
- tellurium tetrachloride
- tellurium trioxide
- tellurous
- tellur-
- telluri-
- tellururet
- tetratellurium
- white tellurium
- yellow tellurium
Questions about tellurium
- What does tellurium mean?
- Tellurium means the chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
- What is tellurium in Hindi?
- Tellurium in Hindi is वंगक (vaṅgak). See Tellurium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tellurium?
- Tellurium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tellurium?
- Tellurium is pronounced /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/.
- What is the plural of tellurium?
- The plural of tellurium is telluriums.
Words near tellurium in the dictionary
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