Te
       n 1: a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to
            selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a
            semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of
            copper and nickel and silver and gold [syn: tellurium,
             atomic number 52]
       2: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any
          musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, si]