(in tonic sol-fa) the syllable used for the seventh note or subtonic of any scale
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te
(tā),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]
Te (de),USA pronunciation n.
Te, [Symbol, Chem.]
- Music and Danceti1.
Te (de),USA pronunciation n.
- Chemistry, Philosophy(in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.
- Chinese (Wade-Giles) te2, (pinyin) dé
Te, [Symbol, Chem.]
- tellurium.
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tellurium
'te' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Aphrodite Terra
- Aphrodite of Melos
- Asante
- Asti spumante
- Bruckner
- Changde
- Changteh
- Charpentier
- Chengde
- Count of Monte Cristo, The
- Coyote State
- Cy
- Dante chair
- Drenthe
- Grand Teton National Park
- Jocasta
- K'ang Tê
- Kang-de
- Lao-tzu
- North Island
- South Island
- TE score
- Te Deum
- Te Kanawa
- Te Rauparaha
- andantino
- ant
- antemortem
- antepenult
- architecture parlante
- baleboste
- bambocciata
- basket
- battuta
- bestiality
- casualty
- certainty
- cognoscenti
- commonalty
- conoscenti
- coyote
- curacy
- default
- disloyalty
- duty
- emboîté
- entirety
- fermata