📖 T — The English dictionary · page 14

tentacle — Everyday, meaning 1: A tentacle is a long, bendy arm-like part on some animals, such as octopuses, squids and jellyfish, used for feeling, grabbing, moving or stinging.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) The «tentacles» of something are the ways it reaches into many places: «the tentacles of the gang».↗ Example: The jellyfish trailed long, stinging tentacles.↗ · The octopus wrapped its arms around the crab.↗ · A squid catches food with its two long tentacles.↗ · Sea anemones wave their tentacles to catch tiny fish.↗ · Do not touch a jellyfish on the beach — its tentacles can still sting.↗ · Snails have tentacles on their heads with eyes at the tips.↗ · The monster in the story reached out with slimy tentacles.↗

tentative — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Not certain or final, and done carefully as a first try.↗ Example: The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

tenth — Everyday, meaning 1: Tenth comes after ninth in order: number 10.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tenth is one of ten equal parts of a whole, written 1/10 or 0.1.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The tenths place is the first digit after the decimal point.↗ Example: She came tenth in the race.↗ · One tenth of the 50 apples were bad.↗ · On the tenth day he finished the book.↗ · 3 tenths is written 0.3.↗ · He won by a tenth of a second.↗ · In 4.7, the 7 is in the tenths place.↗ · My tenth birthday party was at the zoo.↗ · On the tenth day all is still, and he enters the castle.↗ · Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.↗ (Torah EXO.16.36, JPS 1917)↗ · a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917)↗ · and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.29.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.↗ (Writings 1CH.12.14, JPS 1917)↗ · the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah; (Writings 1CH.24.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.17, JPS 1917)↗

tenure — Everyday, meaning 1: Tenure is the length of time someone holds an important job or position.↗ e.g. "During her tenure as head teacher, the school grew."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (education, especially USA) Tenure is a permanent job given to some teachers or professors after a trial period, so they cannot easily be sacked.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, money) Tenure is the right to live in or use a house or land, and the terms of it, for example owning (freehold) or renting.↗ Example: During his tenure as captain, the team won three cups.↗ · The president's tenure lasted eight years.↗ · Professors in the USA hope to get tenure.↗ · Tenants with security of tenure cannot be evicted without good reason.↗ · Land tenure was very unfair in the Middle Ages: lords owned most land.↗ · Her tenure as mayor ended last year.↗ · Our coach's tenure was short but successful.↗

term — Everyday, meaning 1: A term is one of the parts the school year is divided into, such as the autumn term.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A term is a word or phrase with a special meaning in a subject: «a science term».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A term is a fixed length of time: «a term in office», «long-term».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths a term is one number or part in a sequence or an expression: in 2, 4, 6, 8 the third term is 6.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To term something is to call it by a name (formal).↗ Example: The summer term ends in July.↗ · What is the next term in the sequence 3, 6, 9?↗ · «Photosynthesis» is a science term.↗ · The president serves a four-year term.↗ · In the long term, exercise keeps you healthy.↗ · Learn these key terms for the test.↗ · The fifth term of 1, 3, 5, 7… is 9.↗ · Their term of office was thirty years.↗ · Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

terminable — Everyday, meaning 1: Terminable means able to be ended or stopped, especially a contract or agreement (formal, law).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Terminable can describe something that has a limited time and will end.↗ Example: The contract is terminable with one month's notice.↗ · The agreement is terminable if either side breaks the rules.↗ · The lease was terminable at any time.↗ · The job was terminable after the trial period.↗ · Is this deal terminable, or does it last for ever?↗

terminal — Everyday, meaning 1: A terminal is a big building at an airport, bus station, train station or port where people start or end their journeys.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A terminal is one of the metal ends of a battery or electrical part where wires are joined: the positive and negative terminals.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computers) A terminal is a screen and keyboard used to work with a computer, or a program for typing commands.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A terminal illness is one that cannot be cured and will lead to death.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Terminal means at the end: «terminal station».↗ Example: Our flight leaves from Terminal 5.↗ · Connect the wire to the positive terminal of the battery.↗ · The bus terminal was busy at night.↗ · She typed the command into the terminal.↗ · Grandpa has a terminal illness, so the doctors are keeping him comfortable.↗ · The ferry terminal has a cafe and a shop.↗

terminally — Everyday, meaning 1: Terminally ill means having an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, joking) Terminally means extremely or hopelessly.↗ e.g. "He's terminally lazy." "terminally boring".↗ Example: Grandad was terminally ill, so he stayed in a hospice.↗ · Nurses help terminally ill patients feel calm and free from pain.↗ · The charity raises money for terminally ill children.↗ · The film was terminally boring.↗ (informal)↗ · My uncle is terminally late for everything.↗ (joking)↗ · When she was terminally ill, her family visited every day.↗ · Doctors told the family gently that he was terminally ill.↗

terminate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To terminate means to end something or to come to an end.↗ e.g. "the contract was terminated".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A train or bus that terminates at a place stops there and goes no further.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To terminate someone's job means to end it; it is a stiff way of saying they were sacked.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a terminating decimal is one that stops, like 0.25, rather than going on for ever.↗ Example: This train terminates at the next station.↗ · The game will terminate if you press the red button.↗ · One quarter is 0.25, a terminating decimal.↗ · One third is 0.333..., which never terminates.↗ · His contract was terminated after a year.↗ · The path terminates at the edge of the cliff.↗ · The company terminated her employment without notice.↗ · They were walking and driving here and there from the sea to the land at the, spot where the river terminates.↗ · The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis.↗ [See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

termination — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Termination is the ending of something, like a contract, a job or a service.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Termination of employment means a person is dismissed from a job.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medical, formal) A termination is the ending of a pregnancy on purpose (an abortion).↗ Example: The company sent a letter about the termination of his contract.↗ · After the termination of the bus service, the village felt cut off.↗ · The termination of the match was due to heavy rain.↗ · Her termination from the job came as a shock.↗ · The rules explain the termination of membership.↗ · The word «running» has the termination «-ing».↗ · The whole of the story is, towards its termination, fully explained by one of its principal characters--one of the four maidens whom Saktideva simultaneously marries.↗

terminator — Everyday, meaning 1: A terminator is someone or something that ends or destroys something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) The terminator is the line on the Moon or a planet that divides the day side from the night side.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Terminator is a famous action film robot (from the films starting in 1984), so people use the word for a tough, unstoppable robot or person.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (technology) A terminator is a part that marks or closes the end of a cable, line or piece of data.↗ Example: Look along the terminator to see the craters best.↗ · The terminator moves across the Moon as its phases change.↗ · In the film, the Terminator is a robot from the future.↗ · Dad called himself the Spider Terminator.↗ · The cable needs a terminator at the end.↗ · Sunrise is happening wherever the terminator crosses the Earth.↗

terminological — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Terminological means to do with the special words (terms) used in a subject: a terminological question is about which word to use.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, joking) «A terminological inexactitude» is a very polite way to say a lie.↗ Example: The argument was only terminological; they agreed on the facts but used different words.↗ · Scientists try to avoid terminological confusion by using the same names.↗ · This is a terminological point: call it a «rhombus», not a «diamond».↗ · The book has a terminological list at the back.↗ · The politician's «terminological inexactitude» was really a lie.↗

terminology — Everyday, meaning 1: Terminology is the set of special words and phrases used in a subject or job, like the terminology of science, football or music.↗ Example: Use the correct terminology in your science write-up.↗ · Football has its own terminology, like «offside» and «corner».↗ · The doctor explained the medical terminology to Mum.↗ · We made a glossary of maths terminology.↗ · Music terminology includes words like «tempo» and «crescendo».↗ · Computer terminology changes fast.↗ · In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

terminus — Everyday, meaning 1: A terminus is the last stop or station at the end of a bus, train or tram route.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A terminus is an end point or limit of something.↗ Example: This bus goes all the way to the terminus.↗ · Everyone must get off at the terminus.↗ · The train waited at the terminus for ten minutes.↗ · The tram runs from the terminus to the beach.↗ · There are 8 stops between the school and the terminus.↗ · Victoria is a big London rail terminus.↗

termite — Everyday, meaning 1: A small, pale insect that lives in large groups called colonies, eats wood, and builds big nests or mounds.↗ Example: Termites live in huge colonies.↗ · We saw tall termite mounds in Australia.↗ · Termites ate the wooden steps of the old house.↗ · A termite colony has a queen, workers and soldiers.↗ · Some animals, like echidnas and aardvarks, eat termites.↗ · The pest controller checked the house for termites.↗ · Termite mounds stay cool inside because of air tunnels.↗

terms — Everyday, meaning 1: Terms are the conditions or rules of an agreement: «the terms of the deal».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «On good terms» or «on bad terms» describes how well people get on with each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Terms is the plural of «term»: school terms, maths terms, special words.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «In terms of» means when you think about a particular thing: «in terms of size».↗ Example: Read the terms and conditions before you click «agree».↗ · The two friends are on good terms again.↗ · Write the fraction in its simplest terms.↗ · The first three terms are 2, 4 and 6.↗ · They agreed on the terms of the trade.↗ · In terms of size, the blue whale is the biggest animal.↗ · She came to terms with moving to a new school.↗ · Prince Ivan agreed to these terms.↗ · The only of the latter four terms found in humans is מָרָה marah ‘gall(bladder), bile’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · There is also a spatial-anatomical parallelism between the terms employed by the SY: the tongue concealed above, the genitals concealed below.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.↗ [note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (Prophets JER.32.11, JPS 1917)↗