te

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

plural tes

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

1. EgyptianEgyptologyThe realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

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

plural TEs

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

   Synonyms: jumping gene, transposon