||Ten"u*is (?), n.;
pl. Tenues (#). [NL., fr. L.
tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous.]
(Gr. Gram.) One of the three
surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters,
or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ,
θ. The term is also
applied to the corresponding letters and
articulate elements in other languages.
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