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tenting
 tent1top to bottom: A-frame, dome, and cabin tentstent 1 T0109100 (tĕnt)n.1. A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes.2. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: "her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle" (Anne Tyler).v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents v.intr. To camp in a tent.v.tr.1. To form a tent over.2. To supply with or put up in tents.
[Middle English, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, from feminine past participle of Latin tendere, to stretch out; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
tent 2 T0109100 (tĕnt)n. A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.
[Middle English tente, from Old French, from tenter, to probe, from Latin tentāre, to feel, try; see tentative.]
tent 3 T0109100 (tĕnt)tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents Scots 1. To pay heed to.2. To attend; wait on.
[Middle English tenten, from tent, attention, short for attent, from Old French attente, from Vulgar Latin *attendita, from feminine past participle of Latin attendere, to wait on; see attend.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tenting - the act of encamping and living in tents in a campbivouacking, camping, encampmentinhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" |
IdiomsSeetenttenting
tenting[′tent·iŋ] (oceanography) The vertical displacement upward of ice under pressure to form a flat-sided arch with a cavity beneath. tenting
tenting [tent´ing] a skin abnormality indicative of dehydration; the skin maintains a triangular or tentlike appearance when gently pinched.Cardiology A term for the symmetrical ‘peaking’ of the ‘T’ wave on the EKG, associated with a lengthening of P-R, typically seen in early hyperkalaemia; with further increase of K+, the P wave disappears and a sine wave appears
Medspeak A sign consisting of light pinching of a patient’s skin which, under usual conditions, springs back to a flattened position; a delay in flattening—‘tenting’—is characteristic of relatively severe dehydration and in the elderly whose dermal collagen and elastin have undergone age-related cross-linking
Physiology A focal lengthening of the anterior vaginal wall that occurs during arousaltenting Cardiology A term for the symmetrical 'peaking' of the 'T' wave on the EKG, associated with a lengthening of P-R, typically seen in early hyperkalemia; with further ↑ of K+, the P wave disappears and a sine wave appears Internal medicine A sign consisting of light pinching of a Pt's skin which, under usual conditions, springs back to a flattened position; a delay in flattening–'tenting' is characteristic of relatively severe dehydration and in the elderly whose dermal collagen and elastin have undergone age-related cross-linking.tenting
Synonyms for tentingnoun the act of encamping and living in tents in a campSynonyms- bivouacking
- camping
- encampment
Related Words- inhabitancy
- inhabitation
- habitation
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