telluride

Chalcogen binary compound

A telluride is a chemical compound of tellurium with another element, typically a metal.

Tellurides occur naturally as minerals and have applications in semiconductors and thermoelectric devices: bismuth telluride, lead telluride. (Capitalized Telluride is a town in Colorado.)

town

Colorado

Western rectangular state

snowboarding · gondola · Victorian · historic · mining town · altitude · scenic · trails · hiking · alpine

mineral

ore

Metal-bearing rock

  • goldElement seventy-nine
  • silverLustrous white precious metal
  • miningExtracting earth's resources

prospecting · vein · lode · extraction · assay · specimen

semiconductor

cadmium

Element forty-eight

solar cell · infrared · detector · thin-film · photodetector · crystalline · substrate · thermoelectric

festival

film

Movie or coating

directors · actors · critics · audience · Labor Day · passes · gondola · outdoor · tributes · retrospectives

vehicle

Kia

South Korean vehicle manufacturer

  • SUVRugged passenger vehicle
  • crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
  • HyundaiKorean automobile manufacturer

towing · family · midsize · AWD · trim · cargo · seating · reliability · resale

Opposites
chalcogenide type

tellurideoxide

Oxygen-bonded compound

sulfide · fluoride · chloride · nitride · hydride

Phrases
Family

telluric, tellurian, tellurium

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