TELLURIZE

Etymology

Verb

tellurize (third-person singular simple present tellurizes, present participle tellurizing, simple past and past participle tellurized)

(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium.

Source: Wiktionary


Tel"lu*rize, v. t. (Chem.)

Definition: To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium;

– chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SEARCHINGLY

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