Tenuis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Linguistics A voiceless stop.
  • n. Linguistics A voiceless unaspirated stop in ancient Greek.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a tenuis stop
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In grammar, one of the three surd mutes of the Greek alphabet, κ, π, τ, in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials (that is, sonant mutes), γ, β, δ, or their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. These terms are sometimes also applied to the corresponding articulate elements in other languages, as k, p, t.
  • Word Usage
    "Attraction of the land snail Anguispira alternata to fresh faeces of white-tailed deer: implications in the transmission of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis."
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