te

symbol

the chemical element tellurium.

noun, symbol

the chemical element of atomic number 52, a brittle, shiny, silvery-white metalloid resembling selenium and occurring mainly in small amounts in metallic sulphide ores.

early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’, probably named in contrast to uranium.

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the seventh note of a major scale.

mid 19th century: alteration of si, adopted to avoid having two notes ( soh and si ) beginning with the same letter (see solmization).