tellurium
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tellurium¹
- /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
Where it comes from
New Latin, coined by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798, from Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium (“-ium”). Piecewise doublet of tellurion (see etymology 2).
noun telluriums
- The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
- A single atom of this element.
Similar: sylvanium
tellurium²
- /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
Where it comes from
Latin tellus (“earth”).
noun
- Alternative form of tellurion
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: sylvanium
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noun chemical element
| Español | teluro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔루르 tellureu, 텔루륨 telluryum |
| 日本語 | テルル teruru |
| 中文 | 碲 dì |
| हिन्दी | वंगक vaṅgak |
| Português | telúrio |
| Français | tellure |
| Deutsch | Tellur |
| Italiano | tellurio |
| Ελληνικά | τελλούριο telloúrio |
| Română | telur |
| Русский | теллу́р tellúr |
| Tiếng Việt | telua, telu |
| العربية | تِلُّورِيُوم tillūriyūm, تِيلُورِيُوم tīlūriyūm |
| עברית | טלוריום teluryum |
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title = {tellurium},
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