telluride

Divalent tellurium, or a compound of tellurium, especially a binary compound of tellurium with a more electropositive element.

An ore of a precious metal (gold or silver) which contains tellurium as a constituent in notable proportion, the presence of this element entailing certain changes in the usual course of metallurgical treatment.

A compound of tellurium with an electropositive element. Also called telluret.

A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; — formerly called telluret.

(countable) A compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

(countable) Any organic compound of general formula R2Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

(uncountable) Another name for sylvanite.

any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements