Also † tellururet. Chem. Now rare. [f. TELLURIUM: see -URET.] A compound of tellurium with hydrogen or a metal, as telluret of sodium, TeNa2: now usually TELLURIDE.
1842. Parnell, Chem. Anal. (1845), 259. Tellurets.
1854. J. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Chem., 476. Metallic bismuth is liberated, and sulphuret and telluret of sodium formed.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., s.v. Tellururetum, Berzelius reserves this name for a combination of tellurium with an electropositive metal, in which the atomic relations are the same as in the bases: a tellururet.
