Telluride definition
Divalent tellurium, or a compound of tellurium, especially a binary compound of tellurium with a more electropositive element.
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A town of southeast Colorado near the San Juan Mountains. Founded as a mining camp in the 1870s, it is a popular ski area and mountain resort.
A compound of tellurium combined with an electropositive element or with a radical.
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A chemical compound of tellurium and another element, including gold and silver. Telluride is found in mineral ores.
(countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane.
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Noun
Singular:
telluride
Plural:
tellurides