tenuis

American  

[ten-yoo-is] / ˈtɛn ju ɪs /

noun

tenues plural

1. an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.

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tenuis British  

/ ˈtɛnjʊɪs /

noun

1. (in the grammar of classical Greek) any of the voiceless stops as represented by kappa, pi, or tau (k, p, t)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tenues
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tenuis

1640–50; < Latin: thin, fine, slender; akin to thin

Example Sentences

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tenuis tenues

The true Maidenhair is named Adiantum, from the Greek: Quod denso imbre cadente destillans foliis tenuis non insidet humor, "Because the leaves are not wetted even by a heavily falling shower of rain."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Both S. g. saxatilis and S. g. tenuis are "poorly" differentiated from S. g. gracilis and from each other.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

By identifying our specimens as R. f. inexspectatus and R. f. tenuis, we are left without any specimens that we, ourselves, have examined, which are referable to the subspecies R. f. toltecus.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

Another common species is Juncus tenuis, with slender stems and linear leaves, growing in hard ground, especially in woodland paths.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

The mutations seem to have started in the second half of the 6th century in the case of the tenues.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various