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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("te" is a kind of...):
solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Synonyms:
atomic number 52; Te; tellurium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Te" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Holonyms ("Te" is a substance of...):
graphic tellurium; sylvanite (a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America)
telluride (any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements)
