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tempo giusto
(from the article "folk music") ...Bela Bartok identified two primary singing styles in European folk music, which he named parlando-rubato and tempo giusto. Parlando-rubato, stressing the ...
tempo mark
(from the article "musical notation") The tempo mark is a sign that lies outside the staff. It appears above and may be a precise fixing of one duration ("&quarternote; = 120 MM" means that the ...
Tempo reforms
(1841-43), unsuccessful attempt by the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868) to restore the feudal agricultural society that prevailed in Japan at the beginning of its rule. Named after the Tempo era (1830-44) ... [2 Related Articles]
Tempo, Il
(Italian: "The Times"), morning daily newspaper published in Rome, one of Italy's outstanding newspapers and one with broad appeal and influence in the Roman region. It was founded in 1945 ...
temporal arteritis
(from the article "connective tissue disease") Giant-cell or temporal arteritis occurs chiefly in older people and is manifested by severe temporal or occipital headaches (in the temples or at the back of the head), mental disturbances, ...
temporal bone
(from the article "skull") In humans the base of the cranium is the occipital bone, which has a central opening (foramen magnum) to admit the spinal cord. The parietal and temporal bones form the ...
temporal division
(from the article "property law") Anglo-American law is notorious for the number and complexity of temporal divisions of ownership it allows. The English law on the topic was considerably simplified in 1925, when it became ...
temporal isolation
(from the article "evolution") Populations may mate or flower at different seasons or different times of day. Three tropical orchid species of the genus Dendrobium each flower for a single day; ...
temporal lobe
(from the article "nervous system disease") Damage to the dominant temporal lobe, located inferior to the lateral sulcus, results in difficulty with comprehension of spoken speech. The right temporal lobe (usually nondominant for speech) has a ...
temporal logic
(from the article "applied logic") The object of temporal logic-variously called chronological logic or tense logic-is to systematize reasoning with time-related propositions. Such propositions generally do not involve the timeless "is" (or "are") of the ...
temporal modality
(from the article "applied logic") ...are possible prior to the event, actual then, and necessary thereafter, so that their modal status is not omnitemporal (as in the Megarian concept) but changes in time. The Stoic ...
temporal summation
(from the article "summation") ...the junction between a nerve cell and a muscle cell. Individually the stimuli cannot evoke a response, but collectively they can generate a response. Successive stimuli on one nerve are ...
temporalis muscle
(from the article "zygomatic arch") ...jawbone) in front and including the zygomatic (cheek) bone as a major portion. The masseter muscle, important in chewing, arises from the lower edge of the arch; another major chewing ...
Temporary Emergency Relief Administration
(from the article "Roosevelt, Franklin D.") ...to the political left, mobilizing the state government to provide relief and to aid in economic recovery. In the fall of 1931 he persuaded the Republican-dominated legislature to establish the ...
temporary hair loss
(from the article "baldness") the lack or loss of hair. Two primary types of baldness can be distinguished: permanent hair loss arising from the destruction of hair follicles, and temporary hair loss arising from ...
Temporary Higher Church Administration
(from the article "Renovated Church") Seizing the opportunity for a revolution in the church, a group of priests, notably Aleksandr Vvedensky and Vladimir Krasnitsky, organized a Temporary Higher Church Administration, which rapidly evolved into a ...
temporary incapacity benefit
(from the article "insurance") ...employment. First is a medical benefit, which includes all necessary treatment and the supply of artificial limbs. If its duration is limited, the maximum is likely to be one year. ...
temporary injunction
(from the article "injunction") ...if it forbids the doing of an act and mandatory if it orders that an act be done. Disobedience to the order is punishable by contempt of court. Injunctions may ...
temporary lake
(from the article "inland water ecosystem") ...regions are considered closed systems because, rather than draining to the sea, surface waters drain to inland termini whence they evaporate or seep away. Typically, the termini are permanent or ...
Temporary Laws
(from the article "organized labour") The wave of union organizing continued into 1906 and 1907 with the publication of the Temporary Laws of March 4, 1906, legalizing the formation of public organizations. Union activists attempted ...
temporary plankton
(from the article "marine ecosystem") ...and the composition of the plankton varies considerably. In spring and early summer many fish and invertebrates spawn and release eggs and larvae into the plankton, and, as a result, ...
Temporary Protected Status
(from the article "Honduras") The U.S. government in May extended for 18 months the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that allowed 78,000 Hondurans to work legally in the U.S. because of environmental disasters in Honduras. ...
Tempskya
genus of fossil tree ferns of the Mesozoic Era (about 65 to 250 million years ago), constituting the family Tempskyaceae, order Polypodiales. It was among the most bizarre of plants, ...
Temptations, the
American vocal group noted for their smooth harmonies and intricate choreography. Recording primarily for Motown Records, they were among the most popular performers of soul music in the 1960s and ... [2 Related Articles]
tempura
(from the article "fritter") ...and Greek loukoumades are sweet cakes of the first type of fritter. The batter-frying technique was introduced into Japan by the Portuguese and Spanish in the late 16th century; the ...
tempus
(from the article "mensural notation") Mensural notation was predicated on a single underlying musical pulse and the following divisions of time: modus, division of the longa (&longnote;) into two or three breves (˘); tempus, division ...
Tempyo style
Japanese sculptural style of the Late Nara period (724-794), greatly influenced by the Chinese Imperial style of the T'ang dynasty (618-907). During this prolific era, many of the supreme sculptural ...
Temuco
city, southern Chile, lying on the Rio Cautin. It was founded in 1881 as a frontier outpost after the area was ceded to Chile in a treaty signed on nearby ...
Temur
grandson and successor of the great Kublai Khan; he ruled (1295-1307) as emperor of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206-1368) of China and as great khan of the Mongol Empire. He ...
Temur Kutlugh
(from the article "Vorskla River, Battle of the") As a result of internal conflicts within the Golden Horde, the khan Tokhtamysh was deposed and replaced by Temur Kutlugh as khan and Edigu as emir. In order to restore ...
Ten Commandments
(Greek deka logoi, "10 words"), list of religious precepts that, according to various passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai and were engraved on ... [12 Related Articles]
Ten Eyck, Richard
(from the article "industrial design") ...to American industry in the postwar era include Eliot Noyes, an employee of Norman Bel Geddes who in the 1950s and '60s redesigned IBM's product line, most notably the Selectric ...
Ten Great Victories
(from the article "China") ...marked the culmination of the early Qing. The emperor had inherited an improved bureaucracy and a full treasury from his father and expended enormous sums on the military expeditions known ...
Ten Hours Act
(from the article "Oastler, Richard") industrial reformer known in the north of England as the "Factory King," who from 1831 conducted a campaign for shorter working hours that was in part responsible for the Ten ...
Ten Kingdoms
(907-960), period in Chinese history when southern China was ruled by nine small independent kingdoms, with one more small kingdom in the far north. It corresponded generally with the Five ... [2 Related Articles]
Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
10 of the original 12 Hebrew tribes, which, under the leadership of Joshua, took possession of Canaan, the Promised Land, after the death of Moses. They were named Asher, Dan, ... [2 Related Articles]
Ten Paradoxes
(from the article "Hui Shi") ...and proper government. It is not surprising then that Hui Shi's writings, which at one time supposedly numbered more than could fill a cart, have been lost and that he ...
Ten Sleep
town, Washakie county, north-central Wyoming, U.S., situated in the Bighorn Basin, west of the Bighorn Mountains, 25 miles (40 km) east of Worland. The site, at the junction of Nowood ...
Ten Thousand Immortals
in Persian history, core troops in the Achaemenian army, so named because their number of 10,000 was immediately reestablished after every loss. Under the direct leadership of the hazarapat, or ... [1 Related Articles]
Ten Thousand Smokes, Valley of
volcanic region, southern Alaska, U.S., 265 miles (425 km) southwest of Anchorage. The valley was created in 1912 by the eruption of the Novarupta and Mount Katmai volcanoes. Its name ... [2 Related Articles]
Ten Years' Agreement
(from the article "opium trade") ...the importance of opium in the West's trade with China had declined, and the Ch'ing government was able to begin to regulate the importation and consumption of the drug. In ...
Ten Years' War
(from the article "Cespedes, Carlos Manuel de") Cuban revolutionary hero. Although his revolution failed, Cespedes started the Ten Years' War (1868-78), which ultimately led to Cuban independence.CubaCuban ...
Ten, Council of
(from the article "Paris Peace Conference") ...and Robert Lansing; and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Sidney Sonnino-at which it was decided that they themselves, with the Japanese plenipotentiaries, would constitute a Supreme Council, or Council of Ten, ...
Ten, Council of
(from the article "Italy") Alongside the Great Council and the Senate stood the Council of Ten. In 1310 Baiamonte Tiepolo and other nobles had sought to seize power from the dominant faction in the ...
Ten, Group of
(from the article "international payment and exchange") As early as 1961 there were signs of a crisis in the IMF system. The United States had been running a heavy deficit since 1958, and the United Kingdom plunged ...
Ten, The
group of 10 American painters who first exhibited together in 1898, in New York City, and continued to do so for the next 20 years. Most members of the group ...
Ten-Year Rule
(from the article "international relations") After Versailles the British government had established the Ten-Year Rule as a rationale for holding down military spending: Each year it was determined that virtually no chance existed of war ...
Tena
town, eastern Ecuador, located in the Oriente region (tropical rainforest section of Ecuador, east of the Andean cordilleras) on an affluent of the Napo River. A missionary settlement, it has ...
tenacity
(from the article "mineral") Several mineral properties that depend on the cohesive force between atoms (and ions) in mineral structures are grouped under tenacity. A mineral's tenacity can be described by the following terms: ...
tenancy at will
(from the article "property law") ...can be arranged, for example, from week to week, month to month, or year to year. It is also possible to have a tenancy for no fixed term but subject ...
tenancy by the entirety
(from the article "property law") ...12th and early 13th centuries. The wife had her property, the husband his. The only things that they owned together were things that had been conveyed to them together in ...
tenancy in common
(from the article "property law") The two most commonly recognized forms of co-ownership in Anglo-American jurisdictions are joint tenancy and tenancy in common. In both forms each tenant has the right to possess and the ...
tenant
(from the article "landlord and tenant") the parties to the leasing of real estate, whose relationship is bound by contract. The landlord, or lessor, as owner or possessor of a property-whether corporeal, such as lands or ...
tenant farming
agricultural system in which landowners contribute their land and a measure of operating capital and management while tenants contribute their labour with various amounts of capital and management, the returns ... [11 Related Articles]
Tenasserim
narrow coastal region, southeastern Myanmar (Burma), bordered to the east by Thailand and to the west by the Andaman Sea. The Mergui Archipelago, with more than 200 islands of varying ...
Tenasserim Mountains
(from the article "Tenasserim") ...bordered to the east by Thailand and to the west by the Andaman Sea. The Mergui Archipelago, with more than 200 islands of varying sizes, fringes the western shore. Tenasserim ...
Tenby
market town and resort, historic and present county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, on Carmarthen Bay. Though Scandinavian settlement probably occurred there, the town essentially dates from the building of a Norman ...
tench
(species Tinca tinca), widely distributed European food and sport fish of the carp family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes), noted for its ability to survive low oxygen conditions. The tench is a ...
Tench, Watkin
British army officer whose two books about early Australia have become classics.
Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guerin de
French author and literary patroness whose associations with celebrated writers and political personalities ensured her position as one of the prominent social figures of the 18th century.
Tencin, Pierre Guerin de
French statesman, cardinal, and anti-Jansenist of the 18th century.
Tenda Pass
pass (6,135 feet [1,870 m]) in the Maritime Alps, lying on the French-Italian border near the resort of Limone Piemonte. Two parallel tunnels carry a railroad and highway beneath the ...
tendency theory
(from the article "Baur, Ferdinand Christian") Baur took a similar view of the authorship of the Gospels; his conclusions became known as the "tendency theory," for he asserted that the Gospels reveal a mediating, or conciliatory, ...
tender
(from the article "locomotive") Supplies of fuel (usually coal but sometimes oil) and water could be carried on the locomotive frame itself (in which case it was called a tank engine) or in a ...
Tenderfoot Mountain
(from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") The impending construction of a telecommunications tower on Tenderfoot Mountain above Gunnison, in southwestern Colorado, led archaeologist Mark Stiger to examine the top of the 2,600-m (8,500-ft) mesa for archaeological ...
tenderness
(from the article "meat processing") The tenderness of meat is influenced by a number of factors including the grain of the meat, the amount of connective tissue, and the amount of fat.
tendi
(from the article "Australian Aborigine") ...and all societies followed approved procedures for maintaining the peace. There were no judicial bodies as such, though on the lower Murray River a formal council, or
tendinitis
inflammation of the sheaths of the tendons. These sheaths are composed of thin, filmy tissue that permits the sliding motion of tendons within them. The cause of inflammation is irritation ...
tendo
(from the article "Japan") ...("Survey History of Japan"), completed by his son Gaho-provided a historical justification for the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, based upon the concept of tendo ("way of heaven"). Tendo essentially ...
tendon
tissue that attaches a muscle to other body parts, usually bones. Tendons are the connective tissues that transmit the mechanical force of muscle contraction to the bones; the tendon is ... [9 Related Articles]
tendon organ
(from the article "nervous system, human") The tendon organ consists simply of an afferent nerve fibre that terminates in a number of branches upon slips of tendon where the tendons join onto muscle fibres. By lying ...
Tendre, Mount
(from the article "Jura Mountains") ...in France. The highest peaks of the Jura are in the south, in the Geneva area, and include Cret de la Neige (5,636 feet [1,718 m]) and Le Reculet (5,633 ...
tendril
in botany, plant organ specialized to anchor and support vining stems. Tendrils may be modified leaves, leaflets, leaf tips, or leaf stipules; they may, however, be derived as modified stem ... [2 Related Articles]
Tendring
district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. It occupies the low-lying North Sea coastal tract between the estuaries of the Rivers Stour and Colne in the northeastern corner of ...
Tendulkar, Sachin Ramesh
Indian professional cricket player, considered by many to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. In 2005 he became the first cricketer to score 35 centuries in Test ... [1 Related Articles]
Tendulkar, Vijay Dhondopant
Indian playwright and screenwriter wrote more than 30 full-length Marathi-language plays and numerous one-act plays, short stories, and movie scripts about controversial social themes, including violence, poverty, women's rights, and ...
Tenebrae
(from the article "canonical hours") Very important in the 16th century were the settings of Matins and Lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week during the service of Tenebrae ("darkness"), in which 15 ...
Tenebrioides mauritanicus
(from the article "bark-gnawing beetle") ...that are found under bark, in woody fungi, and in dry plant material, mostly in the tropics. Bark-gnawing beetles range from 5 to 20 mm (0.2 to 0.8 inch) and ...
tenebrism
in the history of Western painting, the use of extreme contrasts of light and dark in figurative compositions to heighten their dramatic effect. (The term is derived from the Latin ... [9 Related Articles]
tenement
(from the article "apartment house") ...labourers in cities and towns across Europe and in the United States. These buildings were often incredibly shabby, poorly designed, unsanitary, and cramped. The typical New York City apartment, or ...
Tenentismo
(from Portuguese tenente, "lieutenant"), movement among young, idealistic Brazilian army officers, mostly from the lower-middle class, who pressed for social justice and national reforms in Brazil in the 1920s. On ... [1 Related Articles]
Tenere
physiographic region of the Sahara extending from northeastern Niger into western Chad. Comprising the northwestern part of the Central Sudan depression, this vast level plain of sand extends over approximately ... [1 Related Articles]
Tenericutes
(from the article "bacteria") ...Includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis bacterium), Streptomyces. Irregular pleiomorphic cell shapes due to the absence of a rigid cell wall. Lack peptidoglycans.
Tenerife
island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the Canary Islands comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the northwestern coast ... [1 Related Articles]
Tenerife lace
(from the article "nanduti") ...web or the rays of the Sun, is usually made on a small circular cushion and is common in many Spanish countries. It is also found in drawn thread work. ...
Tenes
town, northern Algeria. A small Mediterranean port, it is built on the site of the ancient Phoenician and Roman colonies of Catenna. Ruins of the Roman colony's ramparts and tombs ...
Tenetehara
(from the article "South American forest Indian") ...new conditions for a time by trading their products, especially manioc flour. The sale of products such as fur skins, babassu nuts, copaiva oils, and carnauba wax helps in certain ...
Tenets of the New Party
(from the article "Tilak, Bal Gangadhar") ...the annulment of the partition and advocated a boycott of British goods that soon became a movement sweeping the nation. The following year he set forth a program of passive ...
Teng, Teresa
(TENG LI-CHUN), Chinese singer (b. Jan. 29, 1953, Yun-lin county, Taiwan--d. May 8, 1995, Chiang Mai, Thailand), was a superstar throughout East Asia and was especially admired in her homeland, ...
Tengger Desert
(from the article "Alxa Plateau") Chinese geographers divide the region into three smaller deserts, the Tengger (Tengri) Desert in the south, the Badain Jaran (Baden Dzareng, or Batan Tsalang) in the west, and the Ulan ...
Tenggerese
second smallest of the ethnic groups indigenous to the island of Java in Indonesia, living mainly on the high slopes of a large volcanic crater in the Tengger Mountains and ...
Tengiz
(from the article "Kazakhstan") ...(Kustanay), and coal from the Qaraghandy, Torghay (Turgay), Ekibastuz, and Maykuben basins. In 1993 Kazakhstan finalized a contract with the Chevron Corporation to exploit the reserves of the Tengiz oil ...
Tengiz, Lake
salt lake in the northern part of the Saryarqa (Kazak Uplands). The largest lake in northern Kazakhstan, it has an area of 614 square miles (1,590 square km) and a ... [1 Related Articles]
TengizChevroil
(from the article "Kazakhstan") ...in Kazakhstan would face suspension of their activities for alleged failure to observe environmental regulations. The international oil consortium headed by Italy's Eni-Agip and the U.S.-Kazakh TengizChevroil consortium were particular ...
Tengnoupal
district, Manipur state, eastern India. Formerly part of the Central district, it is a hilly region in the Eastern Himalayas south of the Imphal Valley, has an area of 1,303 ...
Tengri
(from the article "shamanism") ...by spirit-beings. Among the Mongolian and Turkish peoples, Ulgen, a benevolent deity and the god of the Upper World, has seven sons and nine daughters. Among the Buryat of southern ...
tengu
in Japanese folklore, a type of mischievous supernatural being, sometimes considered the reincarnated spirit of one who was proud and arrogant in life. Tengu are renowned swordsmen and are said ... [1 Related Articles]
Tengyo no ran
(from the article "Taira Masakado") ...Japan. In the struggle for power, Masakado eliminated many of his own blood relatives, including several uncles. He was finally brought under control by two local rivals in an incident ...
Tenham chondrite
(from the article "olivine") The spinel polymorph of olivine has been recorded in the Tenham (Queensland, Australia) chondrite as pseudomorphs after olivine. Portions of some large grains of olivine immediately adjacent to black, shock-generated ...
Teniers, David, The Elder
Flemish Baroque painter of genre scenes, landscapes, and religious subjects.
Teniers, David, The Younger
prolific Flemish painter of the Baroque period known for his genre scenes of peasant life. [1 Related Articles]