tel·lur

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• mag|ne|to|tel|lur|ic — «mag NEE tuh teh LUR k», adjective. of or having to do with the magnetic areas of the earth. ╂[< magneto + telluric1] …   Useful english dictionary

• tel|lu|ri|an — tel|lu|ri|an1 «teh LUR ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having to do with the earth. 2. earthly; terrestrial. –n. an inhabitant of the earth: »Our own case, the case of poor mediocre tellurians (Thomas De Quincey). ╂[< Latin tellūs, ūris… …   Useful english dictionary

• tel|lu|ric — tel|lu|ric1 «teh LUR ihk», adjective. 1. of the earth; terrestrial. 2. arising from the soil; of earth. ╂[< Latin tellūs, ūris earth + ic] tel|lu|ric2 «teh LUR ihk», adjective. Chemistry. 1. having to do with tellurium …   Useful english dictionary

• tel|lu|ri|on — «tuh LUR ee uhn», noun. a model of the moving earth and the sun, showing how day and night and the changes in the seasons result from the earth s revolution about the sun. ╂[< Latin tellūs, ūris earth + Greek ion, a neuter diminutive suffix] …   Useful english dictionary

• tel|lu|ri|um — «teh LUR ee uhm», noun. silver white, nonmetallic chemical element with some metallic properties. It is poisonous, brittle unless extremely pure, and similar to sulfur and selenium chemically. It usually occurs in nature combined with gold,… …   Useful english dictionary

• tel|lu|rous — «TEHL yuhr uhs, teh LUR », adjective. 1. of tellurium. 2. containing tellurium, especially with a valence of four …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|tra|tel|lu|ri|an — «EHKS truh teh LUR ee uhn», adjective. beyond or away from the earth; not belonging to the earth …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|tra|tel|lu|ric — «EHKS truh teh LUR ihk», adjective. = extratellurian. (Cf. ↑extratellurian) …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tra|tel|lu|ric — «IHN truh teh LUR ihk», adjective. 1. located or formed far beneath the earth s surface: »intratelluric rock. 2. noting the period in the formation of eruptive rock before its appearance on the earth s surface. ╂[< German intratellurisch <… …   Useful english dictionary

• Tellur — Tel|lur 〈n. 11; unz.; chem. 〉 braunschwarzes, nichtmetallisches chem. Element, Ordnungszahl 52 [<lat. tellus „Erde, Erdreich, Boden“] * * * Tel|lur [lat. tellus, Gen.: telluris = Erde (als Himmelskörper u. Erdboden, auch als Göttin)]; das; s;… …   Universal-Lexikon