Tentorium, ten-tō′ri-um, n. a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum.—adj. Tentō′rial. [L., 'a tent'—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenture, ten′tūr, n. hangings for walls.
Tenuity, te-nū′i-ti, n. thinness: smallness of diameter: slenderness: rarity.—v.t. Ten′ūate, to make tenuous.—adj. Tenūiros′tral, slender-billed, as a bird of the Tenūiros′tres, a large division of passerine birds including humming-birds, nuthatches, &c.—adj. Ten′ūous, thin, slender. [L. tenuitas—tenuis, thin, slender; cf. tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenure, ten′ūr, n. a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it. [Fr. tenure—Low L. tenura—L. tenēre, to hold.]
Tenuto, te-nōō′tō, adj. (mus.) sustained—opp. to Staccato. [It.]
Teocalli, te-ō-kal′li, n. one of the temples of the aborigines of Central America, which were erected on the top of a four-sided pyramid, and the remains of which are chiefly found in Mexico.
Tepefy, tep′ē-fī, v.t. to make tepid or moderately warm:—pa.t. and pa.p. tep′efīed.—n. Tepefac′tion, act of making tepid or lukewarm. [L. tepefacĕre—tepēre, to be warm, facĕre, to make.]
Tephrite, tef′rīt, n. a name applied to certain modern volcanic rocks.—adj. Tephrit′ic.—ns. Teph′ritoid, a variety of tephrite; Tephi′roite, a reddish silicate of manganese.
Tephromancy, tef′rō-man-si, n. divination from the inspection of the ashes of a sacrifice.—Also Teph′ramancy. [Gr. tephra, ashes, manteia, divination.]
Tepid, tep′id, adj. moderately warm: lukewarm.—ns. Tepidā′rium, an intermediate chamber in a Roman series of bathrooms, moderately hot: a boiler in which the water was heated: any room containing a warm bath; Tepid′ity, Tep′idness, lukewarmness; Tep′or, gentle heat. [L. tepidus—tepēre, to be warm.]