tellurium
/teˈljʊərɪəm/noun
mass noun
- the chemical element of atomic number 52, a brittle, shiny, silvery-white semimetal resembling selenium and occurring mainly in small amounts in metallic sulphide ores. (Symbol: Te)（化学元素）碲（符号：Te）。
派生词
telluride
/ˈteljʊraɪd/ noun词源
early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- 'earth', probably named in contrast to URANIUM.