te

T1E1
/tiː//teɪ/

noun

In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.

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Meanings

te1

nounte (plural tes)

plural tes

  1. obsoleteentertainmentIn solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.

    Synonyms: si

  2. entertainmentIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

    Synonyms: ta, B-flat, li

te2

nounte (plural tes)

plural tes

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.

Te3

proper noun
  1. EgyptianEgyptologyThe realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

Te4

proper noun
  1. alternativehistoricalAlternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.

    The next year the reign style was changed to Chʻien-yüan 乾元 (February 13, 758-February 2, 759). Wang Chien 王暕,¹⁷⁸ the bogus Prefect of Te Prefecture 德州, Yü-wen Kʻuan 宇文寛, the bogus Prefect of Pei Prefecture 貝州,¹⁷⁹ and others all renewed their allegiance [to the Tʻang court].

    1960, “Translation (Chiu Tʻang-shu 200A.1a-5b)”, in Howard S. Levy, transl., Biography of An Lu-shan, Berkley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 45

TE5

nounTE (plural TEs)

plural TEs

  1. abbreviationinitialismspace flightaerospaceInitialism of transporter-erector.
  2. abbreviationinitialismbiologyInitialism of transposable element.

    Synonyms: jumping gene, transposon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIn solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.

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nounIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

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nouna 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

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telluriumatomic number 52

nounthe syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

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solfa syllable

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Origin

te · noun

Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti. Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

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Te · proper noun

  1. Egyptiand-wA-t:dwAt“<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">dwꜣt</i>”
  2. Copticⲧⲏ
  3. EnglishTe

From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.

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Te · proper noun

  1. Mandarin德“virtue, manliness”
  2. EnglishTe

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).

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APA

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Chicago

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