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1. tenor
   a structural voice near or at the bottom of the musical texture in polyphonic works. During the Middle Ages, the tenor is the part which is most likely to have borrowed material (a plainchant excerpt, for instance). It is also the part which is most likely to employ melodic repetition or to use isor...
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2. tenor
   a high man's voice; also, a voice part which falls into that register. During the fourteenth century, the 'tenorista' was often a highly-paid soloist.
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3. tenor
   a reciting tone for a particular mode, that is, a note that can be repeated as many times as is necessary for the number of syllables in a given line of text. The tenor for each mode is included on the table of modes.
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4. Tenor
   Maturity of a loan.
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5. Tenor
   See metaphor.
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6. tenor
   [adj] - (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass 2. [adj] - of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice 3. [n] - an adult male with a tenor voice 4. [n] - the adult male singing voice above baritone 5. [n] - pervading note of an...
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7. Tenor
   (voice) Highest pitch range of the male voice (see also: bass, baritone) (music) Instruments with a pitch range from about C-below-middle-C upwards about two octaves
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8. Tenor
   Ten'or noun [ Latin , from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: confer French teneur . See Tenable , and confer Tenor a kind of voice.] 1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; ...
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9. tenor
   1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career. 'Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their away.' (Gray) ... 2. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or...
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10. tenor
    adjective of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; `tenor voice`
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11. tenor
    tenor voice noun the adult male singing voice above baritone
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12. tenor
    strain noun the general meaning or substance of an utterance; `although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument`
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13. tenor
    noun the pitch range of the highest male voice
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14. tenor
    noun an adult male with a tenor voice
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15. Tenor
    • (n.) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary. • (n.) Stamp; ...
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16. tenor
    highest male vocal range, normally extending approximately from the second B below middle C to the G above; an extremely high voice, extending into ... [5 related articles]
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17. Tenor
    The length of time until a loan is due. For example, a loan is taken out with a two year tenor. After one year passes, the tenor of the loan is one year.
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18. Tenor
    The life of a contract or instrument. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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19. Tenor
    Tenor is the name given to the highest natural singing voice of the adult male. It is also applied to instruments which play tenor parts.
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20. Tenor
    Tenor is a cultivated variety of potato.
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21. Tenor
    The highest natural male voice.
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22. tenor
    
    • the adult male singing voice above baritone
    • the pitch range of the highest male voice
    • pervading note of an utterance
    
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23. tenor
    tenor, highest natural male voice. In medieval polyphony, tenor was the name given to the voice that had the cantus firmus, a preexisting melody, often a fragment of plainsong, to which other voices in counterpoint were added. The cantus was arranged in notes of long duration, hence the term tenor, ...
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24. Tenor
    The term fixed for payment of a draft. This word, applied to an instrument in pleading, signifies an exact copy; it differs from purport. In chancery practice, by tenor is understood a certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari.
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25. tenor
    Highest range of the adult male singing voice when not using falsetto, approximately C3–A5. It is the preferred voice for operatic heroic roles. Well-known tenors are Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. It is also used before the name of an instrument that sounds in the same range as the ...
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