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Tabula rasa (tab´u-la rā´sa).—A smooth or blank tablet. From the waxen tablets on which the ancients wrote with a sharp instrument called a stilus or style, and with the broad upper end of which writing was erased.

Tanto melior! (tan´tō mel´i-or).—So much the better! well done! excellent!

Telum imbelle sine ictu—Virgil (´lum im-bell´e sin´e ik´).—A feeble weapon, thrown without effect.

Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis (tem´-por-a mū-tan´tur et nōs mū-tā´mur in ill´īs).—The times are changed, and we with them.

Tempus fugit (´jit).—Time flies. A Latin inscription frequently seen upon sun-dials and old church clocks.

Tempus omnia revelat (om´nia re-vē´lat).—Time unveils all things.

Terra firma (ter´ra firm´a).—Solid earth; a safe footing.

Terra incognita (ter´ra in-kog´nit-a).—An unknown country.

Tertium quid (ter´shi-um kwid).—A third something. A logical term.