| tellurate | <chemistry> A salt of telluric acid. Origin: Cf. F. Tellurate. See Tellurium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| telluret | <chemistry> A telluride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellureted | <chemistry> Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. <chemistry> Alternative forms: telluretted Tellureted hydrogen, hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide. Synonym: tellurhydric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurhydric | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| telluric | 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth. "Amid these hot, telluric flames." (Carlyle) 2. <chemistry> Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. <chemical> Telluric bismuth, hessite. Origin: L. Tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F. Tellurique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| telluride | <chemistry> A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; formerly called telluret. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurism | An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurite | 1. <chemistry> A salt of tellurous acid. 2. <chemical> Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurite reductase | <enzyme> Uses NADH or NADPH; also reduces sodium selenite or sodium sulfite Registry number: EC 1.16.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| tellurium | <chemistry> A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2. Graphic tellurium. <chemical> Nagyagite. Synonym: black tellurium. Origin: NL, from L. Tellus, -uris, the earth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurize | <chemistry> To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tellurous | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| telo- | See: tel-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telocentric chromosome | <genetics> Chromosome with the centromere located at one end. (18 Nov 1997) |
| telodendron | An anomalous term that refers to the terminal arborization of an axon. Synonym: end-brush. Origin: G. Telos, end, + dendron, tree (05 Mar 2000) |