tellurium

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tel·lur·ium 7 BrE [teˈljʊəriəm] NAmE [teˈlʊriəm] noun uncountable (symb. Te)
a chemical element. Tellurium is a shiny silver-white substance that breaks easily, found in ↑sulphide ↑ores.

Word Origin:
[tellurium] early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’, probably named in contrast to ↑uranium.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Te, atomic number 52