Used in a Sentence

telluride

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for telluride.

Editorial note

Cadmium is only required in cadmium telluride solar panels, which have less than 5% global market share.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of telluride gathered in one view.

noun

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

noun

(countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

noun

(countable, organic chemistry) Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for telluride.

noun

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

noun

(countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

noun

(countable, organic chemistry) Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

noun

(uncountable, mineralogy, in particular) Sylvanite, silver gold telluride.

Example sentences

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Cadmium is only required in cadmium telluride solar panels, which have less than 5% global market share.

2

This year in Telluride Colorado the Ski Patrol Union went on strike over wages.

3

People around him scolded him for not selling the car for something much bigger - like a Kia Telluride or a Honda Pilot.

4

Cadmium zinc telluride is a II-VI semiconductor, not a III-V semiconductor, because Cd & Zn belong to the 2nd group, while Te belongs to the 6th group.

5

A similar contest for 5 brands of Tequila (plus a shot of vodka, for the distracted) was done at the Telluride Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop.

6

I imagine the handling of earthworms does not scale particularly well considering the huge amounts of cadmium telluride we'd need (if this ever becomes an actual drug, which probably won't happen).

7

> Every school has students work off their Chromebooks here in Colorado I specifically remember Telluride Mountain School’s banners in town advertising a low-tech approach.

8

Kia Telluride here but I assume it's the same underlying system as Hyundai - I can attest that it's very good (and doesn't cost anything extra like Tesla charges lol) which makes sense considering they have the majority stake in Boston Dynamics since a few years ago.

Quote examples

1

They don't need a lot of Tellurium, and that's only for the "thin film" cadmium-telluride ones.

2

When I search for Cr2Gr2Te6, Google Gemini tells me: "AI Overview Cr2Gr2Te6 is a miswritten, imaginary compound; the correct compound is Cr2Ge2Te6 (Chromium Germanium Telluride), where Cr stands for chromium, Ge for germanium, and Te for tellurium.

Proper noun examples

1

Why is anyone buying an Expedition over a Telluride, Grand Highlander, or Chevy Suburban derivative?

2

That is the only reason that people with money choose to go there instead of better-known and better-appointed towns like Aspen, Vail, Telluride, etc.

3

Model X is somewhat smaller than a Telluride, but close enough.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use telluride in a sentence?

Cadmium is only required in cadmium telluride solar panels, which have less than 5% global market share.

What does telluride mean?

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

What part of speech is telluride?

telluride is commonly used as noun.