TELLURIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("telluride" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Meronyms (substance of "telluride"):

atomic number 52; Te; tellurium (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)

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