tellurium.
The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
Meaning & usage
The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
A single atom of this element.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.? Latin tellūs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin telluriumbor. English tellurium New Latin, coined by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798, from Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium (“-ium”). Piecewise doublet of tellurion (see etymology 2).
Alternative form of tellurion.
Where this word comes from
Latin tellus (“earth”).
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