TE

ti, te, si

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

tellurium, Te, atomic number

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

Noun

te (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• ta

• B-flat

• li

Anagrams

• -et, ET, Et, et

Noun

TE (plural TEs)

(space) Initialism of transporter-erector.

Anagrams

• -et, ET, Et, et

Source: Wiktionary



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