tellurous
[ tel-yer-uh s, te-loo r-uh s ]
/ ˈtɛl yər əs, tɛˈlʊər əs /
adjective Chemistry.
containing tetravalent tellurium.
Origin of tellurous
First recorded in 1835–45;
tellur(ium) +
-ous
Words nearby tellurous
tellurite,
tellurium,
tellurize,
telluro-,
tellurometer,
tellurous,
tellus,
telly,
telo-,
telocentric,
telodendron
Example sentences from the Web for tellurous
Heated still more strongly, it becomes milk-white, oxygen is expelled, and it is converted into tellurous acid.
Telluric acid produces the same reactions with the blowpipe reagents as tellurous acid.
Telluric acid is reduced to tellurous (with evolution of chlorine) on boiling with hydrochloric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. |Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThis solution is colorless, and is tellurous acid, dissolved in sulphuric acid.
British Dictionary definitions for tellurous
tellurous
/ (ˈtɛljʊrəs, tɛˈlʊərəs) /
adjective
of or containing tellurium, esp in a low valence state