TELLURIDE

telluride

(noun) any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

telluride (countable and uncountable, plural tellurides)

(countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

(countable, organic chemistry) Any organic compound of general formula R2Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

(uncountable, mineral) sylvanite

Proper noun

Telluride

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Source: Wiktionary


Tel"lu*ride, n. (Chem.)

Definition: A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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