GLOSSARY. 



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Telegraphic (Tel'egrapk). Belonging 

 to, or communicated by, a tele- 

 graph. 



Telen'giscope (Gr. ryXf, tele, far off ; 

 6771/5, en'gus, near; a-Koireca, shop' to, 

 I look). An instrument combin- 

 ing the powers of the telescope and 

 microscope. 



Tel'escope (Gr. TTJA*, tele, at a dis- 

 tance ; (TKoirew, skop'eo, I view). 

 An optical instrument for viewing 

 objects at a distance. 



Telescopic (Telescope). Belonging to 

 or seen by a telescope. 



Tellu'ric (Lat. tellus, the earth). Be- 

 longing to or proceeding from the 

 earth. 



Tellu'ric (TeUufrium, a kind of 

 metal). Belonging to tellurium ; 

 applied to an acid consisting of 

 tellurium and oxygen. 



Tem'perament (Lat. tem'pero, I mix). 

 Constitution ; in physiology, a term 

 applied to peculiar characters of the 

 human body in health, each of 

 which is specially liable to certain 

 forms of disease. 



Tem'perature (Lat. tem'pero, I mix 

 or moderate). The state of a body 

 with regard to heat and cold, es- 

 pecially as compared with another 

 substance. 



Tem'poral(Lat. tem'pora, the temples). 

 In anatomy, belonging to the tern - 

 pies. 



Tem'poral (Lat. tempus, time). In 

 grammar, applied to a form of 

 augment in the past tense of verbs, 

 by which a short vowel is changed 

 into a long one. 



Tenacity (Lat tenax, holding). The 

 property which makes bodies ad- 

 here ; in physics, the property by 

 which a body resists the separation 

 of its parts by extension in the 

 direction of its length. 



Tenac'ulum (Lat. ten'eo, I hold). 

 An instrument used in surgery for 

 laying hold of arteries or other 

 parts in operating. 



Ten'don (Gr. revuv, ten'on). The 

 dense fibrous structure in which a 

 muscle ends, and by which it is 

 attached to bone. 



Tea on (Fr. from Lat. ten'eo, I hold). 



In architecture, the end of a piece 

 of wood cut into a rectangular 

 prism, and received into a cavity 

 in another piece called a mortise. 



Tenot'omy (Gr. revuv, tenon, a ten- 

 don ; TCfjLvca, temno, I cut). The 

 operation of dividing a tendon. 



Ten'sion (Lat. tendo, I stretch). The 

 art of stretching, or the state of 

 being stretched or strained. 



Ten'tacle or Tentac'ulum (Lat. ten'to, 

 I feel or try). A feeler : a thread- 

 like organ, simple or branched, 

 seated about the mouth or other 

 part of the body of many inverte- 

 brate animals. 



Tentaculif erous (Lat. tentac'ulum, a 

 feeler ; fer'o, I bear). Producing 

 or having tentacles. 



Ten'tative (Lat. ten'to, I try). Ex- 

 perimental. 



Tento'rium (Lat. ten' do, I stretch). 

 In anatomy, a projecting of the 

 dura mater, separating the cere- 

 brum from the cerebellum. 



Tenuiros'tral (Lat. teriuis, thin ; 

 ros'trum, a beak). Having a 

 slender beak, as the humming- 

 bird, &c. 



Tenuity (Lat. ten'uis, thin.) Thin- 

 ness. 



Tepida'rium (Lat. tep'eo, I am hot). 

 The part of the ancient bath in 

 which the garments were removed, 

 before the sweating process com- 

 menced. 



Teratol'ogy (Gr. repay, ter'as, a 

 m ouster : Atryos, log'os, discourse). 

 The study of monstrosities, or de- 

 partures from the normal forms of 

 beings. 



Ter'cine (Lat. ter'tius, third). In 

 botany, the innermost coat of an 

 ovule. 



Terebin'thinate (Gr. repeflivOos, tere- 

 bin'thos, turpentine). Belonging 

 to or having the properties of tur- 

 pentine. 



Ter'es (Lat. round). In anatomy, ap- 

 plied to certain muscles, from their 

 shape. 



Te'rete (Lat. te'res, round). Cylin- 

 drical and tapering. 



Ter'gal (Lat. ter'gum, the back). 

 Belonging to the back. 



