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te⋅rete

  [tuh-reet, ter-eet]
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–adjective
1. slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
2. cylindrical or slightly tapering.
Origin:
1610–20; earlier teret < L teret- (s. of teres) smooth and round, akin to terere to rub
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te·rete   (tě-rēt')   
adj.  Cylindrical but usually slightly tapering at both ends, circular in cross section, and smooth-surfaced.

[From Latin teres, teret-, rounded; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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