1. The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
   "Te is sometimes spelled 'ti' in certain solfege systems";
   - ti, si

1. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulphur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
   - tellurium, atomic number 52

Sounds like: tea, t

Derived forms: tes

Type of: chemical element, element, solfa syllable

Part of: graphic tellurium, sylvanite, telluride

Encyclopedia: Te