nounˈtelyəˌrīd
Chemistry A compound of tellurium with another more electropositive element or a radical.
Example sentencesExamples
- The group is exploring cadmium telluride, cadmium sulfide, boron/phosphorous-doped silicon, and organic/polymeric materials and plans to assess more exotic photovoltaic materials in the future.
- The boiling points decrease as the size of the electronegative atom decreases from hydrogen telluride to hydrogen sulfide.
- The most common minerals of gold are the tellurides, such as gold telluride, present in the mineral calavarite.
- Newly developed handheld gamma-ray spectrometers based on cadmium zinc telluride detectors are currently being used to detect and identify radioisotopes in a variety of security and defense applications.
- They separately synthesized rod-shaped nanometre scale crystal of two semi-conductors: cadmium selenide and cadmium telluride.
proper nounˈtelyəˌrīdˈtɛljəˌraɪd
A resort town in southwestern Colorado, a former mining center, now a popular ski resort; population 2,361 (est. 2008).