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terseness
/ˈtɜrs nəs/
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a neatly short and concise expressive style
terseness meaning(s)
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- (n) a neatly short and concise expressive style
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- Los Angeles singer, songwriter and guitar player Sam Phillips composes her songs with the terseness of a smart screenwriter.
- Back from a 41,000-mile tour through Japan, southeast Asia and Australia, Tom Dewey was talking with the urgent terseness of a man who has seen Communist armies at first hand.
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tertian
/ˈtɜr ʃən/
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relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other…
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tertiary
/ˈtɜr ʃə ri/
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coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
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tertiary period
from 63 million to 2 million years ago
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tertiary syphilis
the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs…
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tertigravida
a woman who is pregnant for the third time
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tertium quid
some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both
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tertry
a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
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tertullian
/tɜr ˈtə lɪən/
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Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian…
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terylene
a kind of polyester fabric
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terza rima
a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.
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terzetti
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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terzetto
/tɜrt ˈsɛ təʊ/
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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tesla
/ˈtɛs lə/
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a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
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tesla coil
a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high…
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tessella
a small tessera
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tessellate
/ˈtɛ sɪ lɛɪt/
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fit together exactly, of identical shapes
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tessellated
having a checkered or mottled appearance
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tessellation
/ˌtɛ sɪ ˈlɛɪ ʃən/
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the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern
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tessera
a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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tesseract
the four-dimensional analogue of a cube
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tesserae
a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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tessin
an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
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test
/ˈtɛst/
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trying something to find out about it