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Meaning of 'tenuis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tenuis [ n.]
- One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

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