atomic number 52

1. 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

   SynonymstelluriumTe

   Broaderchemical element

Questions about atomic number 52

What does atomic number 52 mean?

atomic number 52 means "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".

What is another word for atomic number 52?

Close synonyms include tellurium, Te. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 52 a common word?

atomic number 52 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.