Word
tellurium, n.
(telluria)
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
<noun.substance>
Te
atomic number 52
tellurium
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derivationally related form
telluric
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hypernym
element, chemical element
substance holonym
telluride
sylvanite, graphic tellurium