单词 | telluric |
释义 | telluricadj.1 Chemistry and Mineralogy. Containing or combined with tellurium, esp. in its higher common oxidation state or valency (+6); spec. designating native alloys or ores containing tellurium and a specified metal, as telluric gold, telluric silver, etc. Cf. tellurous adj.Now rare except in telluric acid n. at Compounds.Recorded earliest in telluric oxide n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > tellurium > [adjective] > compounds telluric1804 telluretted1810 tellurous1833 hydrotelluric1864 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > argentite group > silver telluride hessite1849 petzite1849 telluric silver1855 empressite1914 1804 tr. M. H. Klaproth Analyt. Ess. Chem. Knowl. Mineral Substances II. lxxiii. 6 The telluric oxyd [Ger. Telluroxyd] was put into an assay-crucible lined with charcoal. 1850 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 60 78 (title) On the telluric bismuth of Virginia. 1855 J. D. Dana Man. Mineral. (ed. 7) 377 Western Transylvania... Ores. Native gold, telluric gold, telluric silver, white tellurium. 1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 141 Ethyl Telluride, Telluric Ethide, or Tellurethyl..is a heavy, oily, yellowish-red liquid. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 607 I have only found, as yet, telluric gold in two mines in Nevada County. 1919 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 23 491 The telluric chloride formed was swept into the flame of chlorine burning in hydrogen. Compounds telluric acid n. a crystalline dibasic acid resulting from the oxidation of tellurium dioxide in the presence of water.Chemical formula: Te(OH)6. Aqueous solutions are also represented as H2TeO4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing tellorium telluric acid1813 tellurous acid1833 tellurhydric acid1857 1813 Ann. Philos. 2 61 The oxide of tellurium, according to the observations of Berzelius, possesses at once the characters of an acid and a base... On that account we may either call it telluric acid or oxide of tellurium. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1221/2 It forms a protoxide and a peroxide, often called tellurous and telluric acids. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxv. 360 Ignition of telluric acid gives tellurium trioxide, TeO3. 2010 J. E. House & K. A. House Descriptive Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xv. 367 As a result of its structure, telluric acid is a weak acid. telluric ochre n. = tellurite n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > tellurium oxides tellurite1849 telluric ochre1850 paratellurite1960 1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 613 Telluric Ochre. 1906 D. D. Cairnes in Summary Rep. Geol. Surv. Canada 1905 27 This vein from which came also the rich telluride minerals, sylvanite, hessite and telluric ochre. 2004 N. Eastaugh et al. Pigment Compend. 279/1 Telluric ochre (yellow tellurium(IV) oxide [TeO2] rich). telluric oxide n. tellurium trioxide, TeO3; (occasionally) tellurium dioxide, TeO2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > tellurium > [noun] > compounds > other telluric oxide1804 telluret1814 telluride1832 1804Telluric oxyd [see main sense]. 1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) 244 Carbonated and pure alkalies precipitate the telluric oxide. 1858 F. T. Conington Handbk. Chem. Anal. ii. 111 Tellurous Anhydride. Telluric Oxide. TeO2.—A white crystalline body, which separates gradually from a solution of tellurium in concentrated nitric acid. 1941 I. L. Idriess Fortunes in Minerals xiii. 78 On charcoal, strongly heated with the reducing flame, it forms an encrustation of telluric oxide. 2014 G. Busca Heterogeneous Catalytic Materials vi. 118 Particular coordination states are taken by tetravalent cations retaining electron doublets in their higher occupied level. This is the case of Te4+ in telluric oxide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). telluricadj.2 Of or relating to the earth (as a planet); terrestrial, earthly. Also: of or relating to the ground or soil. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [adjective] earthlyOE netherOE lowc1225 terrene13.. terrestre1340 temporalc1380 earthyc1429 terrestrialc1460 inferial?a1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 earthish?1533 terrenala1555 terreal1598 terrestrene1599 sublunary1609 sublunar1610 mundal1614 temporarya1616 earth-born1626 terranean1653 circumterraneous1678 subcelestial1706 terraneousa1711 terrean1714 terrigenal1744 subastral1752 geotic1755 tellurian1786 worldly1812 telluric1813 transglobal1953 1813 tr. M. de Serres in Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Aug. 247 The principal hypotheses advanced in order to explain all these phenomena, are reduced to two fundamental positions; one of which may be called cosmic, and the other telluric [Fr. tellurique]. 1842 United Service Mag. i. 289 The great problem of telluric magnetism. 1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 433 If my ideas had still obeyed those laws of association to which, in my telluric state, they had been subject. 1883 St. James's Gaz. 21 Dec. 5/1 The spectrum..exhibits great breadth in the telluric or atmospheric lines,..due to aqueous vapours..in..the atmosphere. 1942 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 27 A ‘righteous man’..begins to realize that he may have to be a telluric creature after all. 1971 C. Coons Hunting Peoples ii. 18 The sources of Eskimo irons were four meteorites in Thule and telluric iron found in basalt deposits at Disco Bay. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 492/1 At infrared wavelengths..telluric water vapour and carbon dioxide attenuate cosmic radiation before it reaches the Earth's surface. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory xii. 1303 These uniformitarian assumptions..led geologists and paleontologists..to focus upon telluric influences (like changing climates and sea levels). 2005 C. Mann 1491 i. iii. 73 About four hundred of these [shrines]..existed around Qosqo—the landscape around the capital was charged with telluric power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11804adj.21813 |
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