Found 2 items, similar to tellurium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tellurium tellurium n : 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 [syn: Te, atomic number 52 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tellurium Tellurium \Tel*lu"ri*um\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite. Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also black tellurium . [1913 Webster]