telluride
pronunciation
How to pronounce telluride in British English:
UK ['teljʊraɪd]
How to pronounce telluride in American English:
US ['teljʊˌraɪd]
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- Noun:
- any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
Word Origin
- telluride (n.)
- 1849, "compound of tellurium," from tellurium + -ide.
Example
- 1. Students delve into ecology of the telluride area .
- 2. They work because certain materials , such as bismuth telluride , generate an electrical potential difference within themselves if one part is hotter than another .
- 3. The copper plates conducted heat rapidly to and from the bismuth telluride , thus maintaining the temperature difference .
- 4. A researcher analyzes a cadmium telluride thin-film solar cell at general electric 's global research center in niskayuna , new york .
- 5. The second desideratum , of low thermal and high electrical conductivity , was achieved by dividing the bismuth telluride into pellets a few nanometres across .