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PRONUNCIATION OF TELLUROUS

tellurous  [ˈtɛljʊrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELLUROUS

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adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Tellurous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TELLUROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tellurous

Tellurium

Tellurium is a chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52. A brittle, mildly toxic, rare, silver-white metalloid which looks similar to tin, tellurium is chemically related to selenium and sulfur. It is occasionally found in native form, as elemental crystals. Tellurium is far more common in the universe as a whole than it is on Earth. Its extreme rarity in the Earth's crust, comparable to that of platinum, is partly due to its high atomic number, but also due to its formation of a volatile hydride which caused the element to be lost to space as a gas during the hot nebular formation of the planet. Tellurium was discovered in Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1782 by Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein in a mineral containing tellurium and gold. Martin Heinrich Klaproth named the new element in 1798 after the Latin word for "earth", tellus. Gold telluride minerals are the most notable natural gold compounds. However, they are not a commercially significant source of tellurium itself, which is normally extracted as a by-product of copper and lead production.

Definition of tellurous in the English dictionary

The definition of tellurous in the dictionary is of or containing tellurium, esp in a low valence state.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELLUROUS


antivirus
ˈæntɪˌvaɪrəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
chorus
ˈkɔːrəs
citrus
ˈsɪtrəs
Cyprus
ˈsaɪprəs
Cyrus
ˈsaɪrəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
fulgurous
ˈfʌlɡjʊrəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
mercurous
ˈmɜːkjʊrəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
ordurous
ˈɔːdjʊrəs
Taurus
ˈtɔːrəs
terrace
ˈtɛrəs
thesaurus
θɪˈsɔːrəs
virus
ˈvaɪrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELLUROUS

telling
telling off
tellingly
tellinoid
telltale
tellural
tellurate
telluretted
tellurian
telluric
telluric acid
telluride
tellurion
tellurise
tellurite
tellurium
tellurize
tellurometer
Tellus
telly

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELLUROUS

adventurous
anourous
aurous
disadventurous
furfurous
hydrosulphurous
hyposulphurous
imposturous
misventurous
murmurous
perjurous
rapturous
rigorous
sulfurous
sulphurous
thysanurous
torturous
unadventurous
venturous
verdurous
vulturous

Synonyms and antonyms of tellurous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Portuguese

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Translator English - Bengali

tellurous
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Translator English - French

tellureux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tellurige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

亜テルル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

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85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngomong
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Translator English - Tamil

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Translator English - Marathi

विलक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tellürik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tellurous
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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Romanian

teluros
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

tellurous
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Translator English - Norwegian

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5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tellurous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELLUROUS»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELLUROUS»

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A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other ...
The solution of tellurous hydrate in hydrochloric acid is decomposed by water, if not very strongly acid, depositing tellurous hydrate. — Alkalis and alkaline carUmutts also form a white precipitate of tellurous hydrate, soluble in excess of the ...
Henry Watts, 1872
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A Dictionary of Chemistry
The solution of tellurous hydrate in hydrochloric acid is decomposed by uattr, if act very strongly acid, depositing tellurous hydrate. — Alkalis and alkalint rarl*M« ta also form a white precipitate of tellurous hydrate, soluble in excess of the ...
Henry Watts, 1868
3
ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Tellurium combines in two proportions with oxygen, forming tellurous acid, Te02, and telluric acid, Te03. Tellurous acid, Te02; 80*14 or 1001*8. — This acid differs remarkably in properties according as it is anhydrous or hydrated. f Hydrated ...
THOMAS, GRAHAM, 1858
4
Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the ...
Tellurium combines in two proportions with oxygen, forming tellurous acid, Te02, and telluric acid, Te03. Tellurous acid, Te02 ; 1001.8 or 80.?5.— This acid differs remarkably in properties according as it is anhydrous or hydrated, forming two ...
Thomas Graham, 1842
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Elements of Chemisty: Including the Applications of the ...
Tellurium likewise dissolves with violence in pure nitric acid of density 1.25, and if after the first five minutes, the clear liquid be poured into water, tellurous acid is precipitated in white flocks. But if not immediately precipitated, the nitric acid ...
Thomas Graham, 1840
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Elements of Chemistry; including the applications of the ...
Tellurium likewise dissolves with violence in pure nitric acid of density 1.25, and if after the first five minutes, the clear liquid be poured into water, tellurous acid is precipitated in white flocks. But if not immediately precipitated, the nitric acid ...
Thomas GRAHAM (Master of the Mint.), 1842
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The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemistry and Mineralogy
TELLURIC ACID AND TELLUROUS ACID, OR OXIDE OF TELLURIUM. Telluric acid, gently heated in a closed tube, gives off water and becomes dark yellow. More strongly heated, it becomes milk-white, and is converted into tellurous acid.
David M. Knight, 1998
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Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries ...
Itssp. gr. is 6‧14. It is about as fusible as antimony, and at a very high temperature may be volatilized. Its vapour smells like selenium ; when heated in the air it burns with a bluish flame, forming tellurous acid. It is rapidly oxidized by nitric acid.
Robert Kane, John William Draper, 1842
9
Encyclopedia of the Alkaline Earth Compounds
tellurous, H2TeO3 and telluric, H2TeO4. They also form tellurides, H2Te. As is the case for selenium, tellurium only forms the –2, þ4 and þ6 oxidation states in this series of compounds. In comparison to S and Se, Te in these compounds ...
Richard C. Ropp, 2012
10
London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of ...
Tellurium combines with two proportions of oxygen to form tellurous and telluric acid: the former is already known as oxide of tellurium. It has two isomeric modifications: one of them is pro- “ duced at a moderate heat, and the other by the ...
‎1834

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