( '!. trillion.] In surg., the division of a tendon. 
High degree! of muscular Insufficiency cannot ! cur 
rected except by surgical measures : vlt, trnatomii"! t" 
or both external n-cti muscli 
Between 1832 and 1865 the ttu-paunaen rose to 463,000. 
Uladttone. 
2. Something that weighs ten pounds. 3. The 
big-eyed herring, Elops saurus. See cut under 
tenrec, tanrec (ten'rek, tan'rek), H. [Mala- 
gasy.] 1. A Madagascar hedgehog; any in- 
sectivorous mammal of the family Centetidie, as 
tenor 
2. General course or drift of a thought, say- suitable for the subcutaneous division of a ten- 
in, discourse, or the like; that course of don; n tenoloiny knife. Also t, mlotume. 
thought or meaning which holds on or runs tenotomize (te-not'o -nn/.i, ;. /. : |.r.-t. and pp. 
through a whole discourse, (realise, statute, or t,',i,,t,,nn nl. ppr. fmotoMMM0. [< (/' 
the like ; general purport ; substance. -tie.] To divide a tendon or the tendons of. 
Tlienne ho cryed so clcr thut kenm- inyjt alle; tenotomy (te-not'o-mi), ti. [= I'', trnotomu; < 
The trwe tenor ut his tern, in- t.iM. mi this wyse. Gr. rtvuv, tendon, + -niuiu, < Tlftftar, Ta/iin , cut. 
Alliterative 1'otiiw (ed. Morris), iii :i>. 
Murk the lew/r of my style, 
Which shall such trcmlillng hearts unfold 
As seldom hutli t.. tun- lu-cn told. 
B. Joiaan, Case is Altered, I. 1. ~ Buck' Handbook of Med. Science*, V. 98. 
Than^iZV^luld^r tenpenny (.e,,',,,-,, i,. . Valued at or w,,,,h 
mi,- /'/, ,,/ ,;,.w,. HI..../ (child's Kullads, v. 36). ten pence. Tenpenny nail. !** 6 
tolgratlon to the new countries* nrage.1 by the tenpins . .ten ' pin/. ), . The game of 
liberal town- of the royal ordinunccit punned from time to played with ten pins or men in a long allej. 
time. 1-rrnrntt, Kcrd. and Isa., ii. 8. The players strive with three or fewer bowls 
3. In/rtir: () True intent and meaning; pur- of the ball to knock down all the pins. 
port and effect : as. the trimr of a deed or in- ten-pounder (ten'poun'der), . 1. See /,<n<iiil- 
stniiiient of any kind is its purport and e_ffect, er l , 1 and 2. 
but not its actual words. (6) A transcript or 
copy. It Implies that a irrcct c. ipy U set out, and there- 
fore at common law, under an allegation according to the 
tenor, the instrument must be set out correctly. 
4. Character; nature. 
All of a tenor was their after-life, 
No day d,sco,oure^t^e.,,c strife^ ^ - --j ^A' Madagascar hedgehog ; any in- 
5. In music: (a) The highest variety of the or- 
dinary adult male voice. Its compass usually ex- 
tends about two octaves or less from the first C below mid- 
dle C. Its quality is properly thin and penetrating, bearing 
much the same relation to bass that soprano docs to alto. 
Its upper tones often much resemble the middle tones of 
alto. A tenor voice having somewhat of the breadth and 
sonority of a barytone Is often called (In Italian) a tenore 
robiwto, while a light, agile tenor is called a Unore leijtriero. 
(b) A singer with such a voice, or a voice-part 
intended for or sung by such a voice. In ordi- 
nary part-writing the tenor is the third voice-part, in- 
termediate between the alto and the bass, (o) An in- 
strument playing a third part ; specifically, the 
viola (which see), (rf) In medieval music, also, 
(1) the hold or pause on a final tone of a piece ; 
(2) the ambitus or compass of a mode ; (3) the 
repercussion of a mode Action of proving the 
tenor. See proriiv.i. Middle tenor, Massachusetts pa- 
per currency, 1737-40. See nnc tenor (6). New tenor. 
la) In the financial history of Massachusetts and Rhode 
Island, a form of paper currency of the public issues which 
began in 1737 in the former colony and in 1740 in the lat- 
ter, and of which each bill bore a declaration that it should 
be equal in value to a stated amount of coined silver or of 
gold coin. (6) In Massachusetts, a new form of such cur- 
rency, Issued in accordance with an act of the year 1741 and 
subsequent years, and differing but slightly from that 
above described. The notes of this emission received the 
name of new tenor, which caused the preceding series, 
which had hitherto borne that name, to be thenceforth 
called middle tenor. Old tenor, in the financial history 
of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, a form of paper cur- 
rency of the public issues which preceded one of 1787 in 
the former colony and one of 1740 in the latter, and of 
which each bill bore a declaration that It should be In 
value equal to money. 
II. </. In music, of or pertaining to the tenor; 
adapted for singing or playing the tenor: as, a 
ti'nor voice; a tenor instrument; a tenor part. 
Tenor bassoon, cornet, drum, horn, trombone, 
trumpet, etc., varieties of these several Instruments 
oPe 
Tenrec (Cttitetej e 
Centetes ecaudatus, Ericulus spinosus, and Echi- 
nops telfairi. The rice-tenrec is Oryzoryctes 
hova. Also tang. See cut under sokinah. These 
animals are highly characteristic of the Madagascar re- 
.,. 
, ., 
whose size and compass make them Intermediate between 
the alto and bass varieties. Tenor bell, the chief bell in 
a set of bells. Tenor C, In !<;, the next C below middle 
0. Tenor Clef, In wwaeal nutation, a C clef placed on the 
third line of a staff. Tenor violin. Some as viola. 
tenore (te-no're), n. [It.: see tenor.] See tenor. 
tenorino (ten-o-re'no), . ; pi. tenorini (-ne) 
Tenrec t,Ericnlns sfinottts ;. 
glon. They superficially resemble ordinary hedgehogs 
(of the different family Erinaceidet compare cut under 
Erinaceu*), but their structure Is peculiar, and their near- 
est relatives are the West Indian solenodons. 
2. [cap.] [NL. (Lacepede, 1798), and in the 
form zMTMM (Desmarest, 1825).] A generic 
[It., dim. of tenore, tenor: see tenor.] A falsetto name for the species of Centetidie: same as 
tenor voice, or a singer with such a voice; par- Centetes in a former broad sense. [Not used.] 
ticularly, an artificial soprano. tense 1 (tens), M. [Formerly also tence; < ME. 
tenorist (ten'or-ist), n. [= OP. tenoriste, < tens, temps, < OF. tans, tens. tcn:s, terns, temps, 
ML. tenorista ;"as tenor + -int.] One who sings F. temps = Sp. tiempo = Pg. It. tempo, < L. tem- 
- 
a tenor part, or one who plays on a tenor in- 
strument. 
tenorite (teu'or-it), . [Named by Semmola 
in 1841 after Signor Tenure, president of the 
Academy of Sciences at Naples.] Native oxid 
of copper, occurring in steel-gray scales of me- 
tallic luster on lava at Vesuvius. 
tenoroon (ten-o-ron'), a. and a. [< tenor + 
-oon, as bassoon from buss.] I.t n. Same as oboe 
da caccia (which see, under obor). 
II. u. In orgtiH-liiiildiiiii, noting a stop which 
does not extend below tenor C : as, a tenoroon 
hautboy. 
tenorrtiaphy (te-uor'a-fi), . [< Or. rivuv, ten- 
don, + lxu/>>i, a seam, ! /MTrrfiv, sew.] Same as 
trll"K<ltll>'<'. 
tenOSUture (t-en'o-su'tur), >i. [< Or. rivuv, ten- 
don, + L. suturii. a "seam: see suture.] The 
fastening together by suture of the ends of a 
divided tendon. Also tenorrhaphy. 
tenotome (teu'o-tom), n. [< F. tenotome, < Gr. 
Tti'ut'. tendon, + -Tofiof, <.rifiveiv, rafielv, cut. Cf. 
teiiotomy.] In sunj., a slender knife specially 
pus, time, in grammar tensg. Cf. temporal 1 , 
/> nijinrary, etc.] If. Time. See^/p. 
I warne yow wel, It Is to seken ever, 
That future tempi hath maad men to dissever 
In trust therof from ul that ever they hadde. 
Chaucer, ProL to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, I. 822. 
2. In </riiiii.: (n) Time. (6) One of the forms, or 
sets of^ forms, which a verb takes in order to in- 
dicate the time of action or of that which is af- 
firmed: extended also to forms indicating the 
nature of the action as continued, completed, 
and the like. In English this is effected either by in- 
ternal vowel change, as in ting.mng, lead, led ; by tenni 
national Inflection, as In love, loved; or, in verb-phrases, 
by means of auxiliary words, as in did love, have loved, 
will love. 
We may say now that we have Treasurers of all Ten**, 
for there are four living, to wit the Lords Manchester, 
Middlesex, Marlborough. and the newly chosen. 
Howell, Letters, I. v. ' 
At prime tense, at the first time; at first; instantly. 
My silt I knowe tulle wel Daungere, 
And how he Is feers of his cheere, 
At prime tempi Love to man ace. 
Ko,n. u.fthe KOK, \. 3373. 
tension 
Men uliulde byin miyhlie bitterly 
At pryme temp* of his folye. 
limit, of the Rote, I. 45X8. 
Future, perfect, pluperfect, present tense. Se the 
.v.-s Historical tenses. Sec hiiliirieal, 4. Se- 
quence "i consecution of tenses. Hee tegveme. 
tense- (tens), a. [= Sp. II-HSO, < L. tensux, pp. 
iif li-iiilfi-i; streleh: M-e It-mil.] Heing in a 
slate of tension : stretched until tight; straim-il 
In stiffness; rigid: not lux: often used figura- 
tively. 
For the free passage of the sound Into the ear It It re- 
oullte that the tympanum be trnne. 
Holder, GlemenU of Speech, p. Ul. 
Her tcmplei were sunk, her forehead was tnae, and a 
fatal paleness sat IIIKMI her cheek. 
Uuldmnith. Vicar, xxvill. 
Tenae abdomen, in rittoin., an abdomen neitln r ili\ idc.l 
int.' segments nor having segments Indicated, as in molt 
spiders, by transverse folds. 
tense- (tens), t>. t. ; pret. and pp. tensed, ppr. 
tensing. [< ttnxeV, .] To make tense or taut. 
[Rare.] 
If, Instead of a symmetrical movement, the other hand 
made a maximal effort of tenting the extensor Instead of 
the flexor muscle! of the hand, ... no constant effect 
. . . was observed. .""'. IX. 108. 
tenseless (tens'les), a. [< teiwei + -less.] Hav- 
ing no tense: as, a tensrless verb. Classical 
HIT.. III. I). 
tenselessness (tens'les-nes), n. The character 
of being tenseless. Amer.Jour. Philol., VIII. 59. 
tensely (tens'li), adr. In a tense manner; with 
tension. 
tenseness (tens'nes), H. The state of being 
tense, or stretched to stiffness ; stiffness ; rigid- 
lll-SS. 
tensibility (ten-si-bil'i-ti), M. [< tensible + 
-ity (see -biltty).] The" property of being tn- 
sible or tensile. 
tensible (ten'si-bl), a. [= Sp. feasible, < ML. 
tensibilis, that can be stretched, < L. tendere, 
1). III/XHX, stretch: see tend 1 , tense 2 .] Capa- 
e of being extended or drawn out ; ductile. 
Gold ... is the closest (and therefore the heaviest) of 
metals, and Is likewise the most flexible and trturiblr. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist, | 327. 
tensile (ten'sil), a. [= It. tensile, < NL. "te- 
xilix, < L. tendere, pp. tensus, stretch : see tend 1 , 
tense"*.] 1. Of or pertaining to tension: as, ten- 
sile strength. 2. Capable of tension ; capable 
of being drawn out or extended in length or 
breadth; tensible. 
All bodies ductile, and leiutile (as metals, that will be 
drawn Into wiresl, . . . have In them the appetite of not 
discontinuing. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 9 845. 
3. In musical iimtruiitents, producing tones by 
means of stretched strings. 
tensiled (ten'sild), a. [< tensile + -erf 2 .] Made 
tensile; rendered capable of tension. [Rare.] 
Ini]>. IHct. 
tensility (ten-sil'j-ti), . [< tensile + -ity.] 
The quality of being tensile ; tensibility. I>r. 
H. More, Immortal, of Soul, ii. 10. 
tension (ten'shqn), H. [= F. tension = Sp. ten- 
sion = Pg. tfiisSo = It. tensione, < L. tensio(n-), 
a stretching, ML. also a struggle, contest (see 
teuson), (. tendere, pp. tensus, stretch, extend: 
see tend 1 , tense' 2 .] 1. The act of stretching, 
straining, or making tense ; the state of being 
stretched or strained to stiffness ; the condition 
of being bent or strained. 
Voice being raised by stifle tenrion of the larynx. 
Holder, Elements of Speech, p. 74. 
2. In meek., stress, or the force by which a bar, 
rod, string, or the like is pulled when forming 
part of any system in equilibrium or in motion. 
In a large suspension bridge the tension produced by the 
occasional load is usually only a small fraction of that pro- 
duced by the permanent load. 
B. S. Ball, Exper. Mechanics, p. <2. 
3. In physics, a constrained condition of the 
particles of bodies, arising from the action of 
antagonistic forces, in which they tend to re- 
turn to their former condition; elastic force. 
Tension may be present in a solid I >ody, and also in a liquid 
in the case of surface-tension (which see), but not in a gas. 
What is commonly called the teiimon of a gas is properly 
it* pressure simply due, according to the kinetic theory 
of gases (see gas, 1). to the Innumerable Impacts of the 
moving molecules against the confining surface; good 
writers avoid the use of tension in this sense. 
4. In statical elect., the mechanical stress across 
a dielectric, due to accumulated charges, as in 
a condenser; hence, the same as surface-density 
(the amount of electricity at any point of the 
surface of a charged conductor) ; more comrnon- 
Iv used, in dynamical electricity, to mean about 
tne same as difference of potential: thus, a cur- 
rent of high tension is popularly a current of 
high electromotive force. A body U said to have * 
