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. [Chinese (Mandarin) dé, virtue, moral character.] |
| Te 2 The symbol for the element tellurium. |
te, ti [tiː]
n
(Music, other) Music (in tonic sol-fa) the syllable used for the seventh note or subtonic of any scale
[see gamut]
Te
the chemical symbol for
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) tellurium
| Te The symbol for tellurium. |
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| 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 goldchemical 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 solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization |
Translations
te [tiː] N (Mus) → si m
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