Te
n 1: 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 [syn: {tellurium},
{atomic number 52}]
2: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any
musical scale in solmization [syn: {ti}, {si}]