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ten·or1
/ ˈtenər/
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n.
a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
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a singer with such a voice.
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a part written for such a voice.
∎ [usu. as adj.]
an instrument, esp. a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the lowest pitch but one in its family:
a tenor sax.
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(in full tenor bell)
the largest and deepest bell of a ring or set.
ten·or2
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n.
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[in sing.] (usu. the tenor of)
the general meaning, sense, or content of something:
the general tenor of the debate.
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the subject to which a metaphor refers, e.g., “a large, difficult challenge” conveyed by bear in this one is going to be a bear. Often contrasted with vehicle (sense 2).
2. [in sing.] (usu. the tenor of)
a settled or prevailing character or direction, esp. the course of a person's life or habits:
the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day.
3. Law
the actual wording of a document.
4.
Finance
the time that must elapse before a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due for payment.
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Tenor Networks Expands Global Presence with New European Development Center; Company Opens Technical Development Operation in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Business Wire; 3/12/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2001 Tenor Networks(TM), a leading provider of...Development Center in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tenor's European team complements the world...This investment in Europe will enable Tenor to leverage the highly skilled technical...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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TENORS TO THE POWER OF TEN AUSTRALIAN SINGERS BRING SOMETHING - AND SOMEONE - FOR EVERYONE.(U)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...to such imitations as the Irish Tenors, Tenor Australis, Three Canadian Tenors, Three Tenors and a Soprano, Three...Project Los Angeles. One of the Tenors, Dion Molinas, is known as ``the gay tenor.'' All 10, though, are well...
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Tenor Networks and Jabil Circuit Announce Manufacturing Partnership.
Business Wire; 5/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000 Tenor Teams with Worldwide Electronics Manufacturing...Industry's First Optical Service Switch Tenor Networks, the leading provider of communications...agreement, Jabil Circuit will manufacture Tenor's TN250G Optical Service Switch (OSX...
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Tenors, Anyone? The Big Three Are Making a Mint, But That Doesn't Neccessarily Corrupt Their Art
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/29/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...many more than three tenors out there, including...an elegant lyric tenor who cannot really be...when you think "Three Tenors," don't think Metropolitan...sweetness of a lyric tenor with a heft and amplitude...retirement (indeed, by 60, tenors Enrico Caruso, Jussi...
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Tenor Networks Announces Technology Agreement With IBM; IBM to Manufacture ASIC Chip Set and Supply PowerPC Processors for Tenor's Optical Service Switch.
Business Wire; 5/23/2000; 700+ words
; ...Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 Tenor Networks, Inc., the leading provider of...ASICs) and supply PowerPC processors for Tenor's TN250G Optical Service Switch (OSX). Tenor's TN250G is the industry's first OSX designed...
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Tenors singing way into city near you!
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 8/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...the original Three Tenors celebrated the celebrity...power of famed European tenor voices, Klausner and Caffey's Three Mo' Tenors is distinguished for...continues, "Three Mo' Tenors builds a bridge between...African-American tenor w
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Tenor Networks Appoints Araldo Menegon to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations; Former Cisco Executive Joins Top-Notch Tenor Management Team.
Business Wire; 5/21/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001 Tenor Networks(TM), delivering the industry...support and professional services reporting to Tenor President and CEO David Tolwinski. Araldo joins Tenor Networks from Cisco Systems, where he was...
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Tenor Networks unveils new European Development Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
M2 Presswire; 3/28/2001; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2001-Tenor Networks: Tenor Networks unveils new European Development Centre in Edinburgh...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28032001 ACTON, Mass., U.S. -- Tenor Networks, a leading provider of communications equipment...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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TENORS' CDS MASQUERADE AS REAL THING.(SHOWTIME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/18/1994; 700+ words
; ...tenors mania. Its ``Three Tenors'' album replaces Pavarotti...three arguably even greater tenors of this century: Enrico Caruso...The flat $500,000 fee each tenor received helped smooth their...invention. But it did exist. The tenors themselves fueled it with jealousy...
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Quintum Tenors Completes Interoperability Testing With BroadSoft VoIP Application Software.
PR Newswire; 10/25/2005; 700+ words
; Tenors Successfully Interoperate...announced today that their Tenor line of MultiPath Switches...carriers." Quintum's Tenor VoIP MultiPath VoIP...the network edge. Tenors' MultiPath architecture...easy to deploy VoIP. Tenor's unique SelectNet...
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Three Tenors, The
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
THE THREE TENORS Formed: 1990, Rome, Italy...enormous crowds. The Three Tenors concerts received mixed critical...Critics engaging in which-tenor-is-best games also could...Nevertheless, the Three Tenors were such a crossover sensation...
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tenor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tenor highest natural male voice . In medieval polyphony, tenor was the name given to the voice that had the cantus firmus...was arranged in notes of long duration, hence the term tenor, from the Latin tenere, to hold. In about the 12th cent...
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The Irish Tenors
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...x2026; The career of the Irish Tenors has been one of the most unusual...various members of the Irish Tenors, John McDermott was the only...original member of the Irish Tenors, took an even more unusual...Ireland ’ s Search for a Tenor, ” a national vocal...
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Three Mo’ Tenors
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Three Mo ’ Tenors Vocal group “ A Three Mo ’ Tenors concert, ” noted the St. Petersburg...good measure. ” The Three Mo ’ Tenors — Victor Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon...
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Lend Me a Tenor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor (1989), a farce by Ken Ludwig. [ Royale...perf.] World‐renowned opera tenor Tito Merelli ( Ron Holgate ) has agreed...he had his first success with Lend Me a Tenor . Ludwig also wrote the comedies Moon over...
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