Tellurium

te-lū′ri-um, n. an element by some cla ed as a metal, placed by others among the metalloids, brittle and crystalline, of high metallic lustre, bluish-white in colour, with close analogies to sulphur and selenium.— n. Tel′lurate , a salt of telluric acid.— adjs. Tel′lūretted , combined with tellurium; Tellū′rian , pertaining to the earth.— n. an inhabitant of the earth.— adj. Tellū′ric , pertaining to, or proceeding from, the earth: of or from tellurium.— n. Tel′luride , a compound of tellurium with an electro-positive element.— adjs. Tellūrif′erous , containing tellurium; Tel′lūrous , pertaining to tellurium. [L. tellus , telluris , the earth.]