noun
- 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: tellurium, atomic number 52
- The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
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