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Telluride

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A binary compound of tellurium.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. (countable) A compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

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

n. (uncountable) Another name for sylvanite.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An ore of a precious metal (gold or silver) which contains tellurium as a constituent in notable proportion, the presence of this element entailing certain changes in the usual course of metallurgical treatment.

n. A compound of tellurium with an electropositive element. Also called telluret.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

Word Usage

"Instead, the company uses a thin film on its solar panels made out of cadmium telluride, which is less costly and in more abundant supply."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

compound chemical compound

Variant

telluret

Form

cadmium zinc telluride hydrogen telluride black telluride ethyl telluride mercury cadmium telluride

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

selenide valence sulfide c-axis oxychloride