BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Tenor
- the period of time that has to elapse before a bill of exchange becomes payable
Wiktionary Definition for: Tenor
- (archaic) musical part or section that '''holds''' or performs the main melody, as opposed to the ''contratenor bassus'' and ''contratenor altus'', who perform countermelodies.
- musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. Also a person, instrument, or group that performs in that range.
- tone, as in "I don't like the '''tenor''' of this conversation."
- (''Linguistics'') The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
- Ex: "He has a tenor voice."
- tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)
- holder
Additional Resources
- Answers in hand: Motorola pager takes voice messages. (Tenor voice messager)
- Motorola Inc's Tenor voice messager is a palm-size pager that can also take voice messages. At first the product, along with a paging service, will be available only through PageNet Inc. PageNet and Motorola expect the Tenor to become available through maMotorola Inc's Tenor voice messager is a palm-size pager...
- Research articles 1995-06-19
- Motorola Unveils Tenor - Revolutionary New Voice Pager; Utilizing the InFLEXion Protocol, Tenor Optimizes Service Providers' Valuable Spectrum and Increases System Capacity Over 50 Times That of Past Voice Technology - tm
- FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--June 19, 1995--Motorola's Advanced Messaging Systems Division AMSD today announced Tenortm, a revolutionary new voice pager that utilizes Motorola's InFLEXiontm high-speed advanced voice and data protocol to enable the most efficient use of spectrum and highest channel capacity possible. InFLEXion offers system capacity that is over...
- Research articles 1995-06-19
- Motorola ships Tenor advanced voice personal communicator units to PageNet; VoiceNow service to field test in Dallas Fort Worth
- FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 1996--Motorola Advanced Messaging Systems Division AMSD today announced the shipment of one hundred TenorTM advanced voice personal communicator units to PageNet. Tenor will be used in PageNet's field tests of VoiceNowR, its first Narrowband PCS service offering, which will be launched commercially later this...
- Research articles 1996-03-25
- Not just a pretty voice. (acclaimed British tenor Ian Bostridge also has an academic career and a doctorate in history from Oxford University)(Brief Article)
- IN OPERATIC circles, a traditional response to obtuse behaviour is to describe the culprit as "dumb as a tenor". This is unfair, of course; but it reflects the fact that tenors are thought to be obsessed with their voices and status to the exIN OPERATIC circles, a...
- Research articles 1997-01-25
- Panda Eye Passion: Acclaimed Tenor and Canadian Children's Opera Chorus Pay Tribute to Mothers in Toronto.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 14, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Panda Eye Passion presents Mother's Day Italian Classics Concert: 1 Tenor, 10 High Cs, 100 Angels, Countless Love on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at 4pm at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Bel-canto TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- La Scala opera house shaken by tenor's sudden exit from stage
- MILAN AFP — A furore broke out in the rarefied world of Italian opera after a world-renowned tenor stormed off stage mid-performance amid whistling and booing at Milan's La Scala opera house. To the dismay of opera chiefs, French tenor Roberto Alagna walked off in the middle of his performance...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- New tenor drumstick from Pro-Mark.(Product News)
- PRO-MARK HAS ADDED a new tenor drumstick model to its already-impressive line of marching and educational products. Designed by respected educator Mike Stevens, this new tenor stick (model #TS7) is made of premium quality American hickory. It is 16" (406mm) long and .710" (18mm) in diameter....
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Motorola announces nearly $50 million contract with PCSD Corporation; Contract includes InFLEXion protocol-based infrastructure equipment and Tenor advanced voice messaging units
- FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--July 16, 1996--Motorola's Advanced Messaging Group AMG today announced that Personal Communications Systems Development Corp. PCSD has signed an initial contract valued at nearly $50 million for InFLEXion- based infrastructure equipment and Tenor advanced voice messaging units.
- Research articles 1996-07-16
- Motorola Tenor voice pager wins Innovations '96 Award at Winter Consumer Electronics Show
- LAS VEGAS, Nev.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 5, 1996-- Motorola Advanced Messaging Systems Division's AMSD Tenortm advanced voice pager was selected as an Innovations '96 award winner at the International Winter Consumer Electronics Showr. Product evaluations for the Innovations award are based on end user value, aesthetics, contribution to quality of life,...
- Research articles 1996-01-05
- Finnish tenor Lindroos dies in car accident
- HELSINKI AFP ? Finnish opera tenor Peter Lindroos, who became famous singing lead roles in La Boheme and Tosca during a 30-year stage career, has died in a car accident. He was 59. Lindroos died when the car he and his family were driving in collided head on with...
- Research articles 2003-11-19
- Italian tenor Bocelli would like duets with Aguilera, Norah Jones
- MANILA AFP ? Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli said he admired pop stars Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston as well as the jazz songbird Norah Jones, and would like to sing duets with them. Bocelli, who is in the Philippine capital for a concert later Friday, told a press conference,...
- Research articles 2004-04-29
- Tenor Bocelli overcomes his opera phantoms for Hong Kong appearance
- HONG KONG AFP ? Italian opera star Andrea Bocelli revealed he still gets stage fright and doubts the quality of his world famous voice, which will entertain a Hong Kong audience for the first time this week. The blind tenor, in the territory on the sixth stop of an...
- Research articles 2004-05-05
- Italian tenor attacked in Kenya now in critical condition in Milan hospital
- ROME AFP — Italian opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano, who sustained serious head injuries during an attack in Kenya last month, was flown back to Italy and is now in critical condition in a Milan hospital, medical sources said. Robbers attacked Di Stefano, 83, and his wife on November...
- Research articles 2004-12-24
- Tenor Bocelli says 'contaminated' by temptation of money
- MADRID AFP — Italian opera star Andrea Bocelli said he was "contaminated" by the temptation of money even if he already has too much. "I have more money than I need," the 47-year-old tenor said in an interview in Spanish daily El Pais. "I think that my biggest...
- Research articles 2006-03-26
- Lyric's 'Faust' a logical next step for American tenor Marcus Haddock.(Time Out!)(Classical music)
- Byline: Bill Gowen For American tenor Marcus Haddock, Lyric Opera of Chicago is a logical next stop for one of the most in-demand operatic voices of his generation. Haddock's burgeoning international career has already taken him to nearly every important opera...
- Research articles 2003-11-21
- PHOTO OPPORTUNITY/A Tenor Extraordinaire...In A Sea Of Tulips Ben Heppner Joins The Lung Association's Tulip Day.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb 27, 2002 Canadian tenor Ben Heppner is giving his wife Karen a Breath of Spring tomorrow - tulips from the Ontario Lung Association. The Lung Association is preparing for its annual Breath of Spring Tulip Day on Thursday February 28, 2002....
- Research articles 2002-02-27
- Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano dies: report
- ROME AFP — The Italian opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano died on Monday at the age of 86, according to the ANSA press agency. Before his retirement in 1992, the tenor was known as one of Maria Callas' main partners and sang for many of the world's leading conductors,...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Angeles Chorale to Perform Rachmaninoff's Vespers 'All-Night Vigil,' Donald Neuen Conducting, Featuring Tenor Steven Kronauer
- Arrangement Editor Alexander Ruggieri to Give Pre-Concert Talk on the Russian Masterpiece LOS ANGELES -- The Angeles Chorale, a world-class large chorale ensemble based in Los Angeles, led by world-renowned conductor and artistic director Donald Neuen, will perform the Sergei Rachmaninoff a cappella masterpiece Vespers: All-Night Vigil, Opus 37...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- Italian Integrator Deploys NET Quintum Tenor Switches to Support Microsoft OCS With VoIP
- Quintum Technologies, an innovator in VoIP technologies and a subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NWK), announced today that IDC, an Italian integrator and Microsoft Certified Partner, has selected Quintum's Tenor BX switch to support its Microsoft OCS environment with VoIP connectivity. IDC had previously installed another vendor's...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Pro-Mark debuts tenor pads.(Product News)
- PRO-MARK CORPORATION, has added two new multi-tenor practice pads to its already-extensive line of practice pads. The "large" model PT5 measures 41" wide by 18" deep. The playing area represents the size of most of the popular multi-tenors currently on the market. Suggested retail price is...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
