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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., a compound of tellurous acid and a base.
  • noun In mineralogy, tellurium dioxid, a mineral found in small yellowish or whitish spherical masses, having a radiated structure, occurring with native tellurium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of tellurous acid.
  • noun (Min.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun inorganic chemistry The oxyanion TeO32- derived from tellurous acid; any salt containing this anion.
  • noun mineralogy A yellowish mineral, tellurium dioxide (TeO2).

Etymologies

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Named in 1849 because of its chemical composition.

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