tellurium
noun /teˈljʊəriəm/
/teˈlʊriəm/
[uncountable] (symbol Te)
- a chemical element. Tellurium is a shiny, silver-white substance that breaks easily, found in sulphide ores.
碲 词源early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’, probably named in contrast to uranium.