Te

Te ¹  (d)

n.

1. In Taoism, the power through which the Tao is made manifest or is actualized.

2. In Confucianism, the virtuous moral strength embodied in wise people, upon which they rely in times of distress.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) dé, virtue, moral character.]

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te

Noun

Music (in tonic sol-fa) the seventh note of any ascending major scale

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Te Chem tellurium

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Te

The symbol for tellurium.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Te - 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 atomic number 52, tellurium chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter graphic tellurium, sylvanite - a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America telluride - any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
	2.	te - the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization si, ti solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization