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]