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GRAPHIC TELLURIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graphic tellurium mean? 

GRAPHIC TELLURIUM (noun)
  The noun GRAPHIC TELLURIUM has 1 sense:

1. a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and Americaplay

  Familiarity information: GRAPHIC TELLURIUM used as a noun is very rare.


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GRAPHIC TELLURIUM (noun)


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Meaning:

A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

graphic tellurium; sylvanite

Hypernyms ("graphic tellurium" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "graphic tellurium"):

atomic number 79; Au; gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)

atomic number 52; Te; tellurium (a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold)


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