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🧪 Contains tellurium 🌍 Of the earth
telluric

telluric

9.9
Relating to or containing the element tellurium
  • adjective
  • /tɛˈljʊrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : telúrico
  • Researchers discovered a rare telluric mineral that contained high levels of tellurium.

Examples

  • The telluric compounds are studied extensively in inorganic chemistry.

  • Researchers discovered a rare telluric mineral in the sample.

  • A telluric alloy was used in the experiment to observe its properties.

  • The telluric properties of the mineral were fascinating to the geologists.

  • Tellurium is a telluric element found in various minerals.

  • A telluric alloy was specifically chosen for the electronics experiment due to its conductivity.

  • The telluric compounds found in the sample reacted uniquely when exposed to heat.

Surface Forms

telluric positive

Morphology

telluric = tellurium (transparent) = tellur + ic

Formed by adding the productive adjective suffix '-ic' to the element name 'tellurium', so the meaning is directly 'relating to tellurium'.

Etymology

Telluric comes from the Latin word tellus meaning 'earth', and the element tellurium was named from this because it was first found in the ground. So telluric in chemistry means 'related to or containing tellurium'.