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tendu

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ten⋅du

  [tahn-doo; Fr. tahn-dy]
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–adjective Ballet.
of or pertaining to a movement that is stretched or held.
Origin:
1920–25; < F: stretched, ptp. of tendre to stretch, extend
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ten·du   (tān'dōō)   
n.  Any of several Asian ebony trees.

[Hindi tendū, from Sanskrit tainduka-, pertaining to tindukaḥ, the evergreen tree Diospyros embryopteris.]
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