Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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name
The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Egyptian
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, historical
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noun
In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: si
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: ta, B-flat, li
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of transporter-erector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of transposable element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: jumping gene, transposon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ti, si
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solfa syllable
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tellurium, atomic number 52
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element
History
From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).
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.
