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Meaning of "stentor" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STENTOR

After Stentor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STENTOR

ˈstɛntɔː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STENTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stentor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STENTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stentor

In Greek mythology, Stentor was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. Although he is mentioned only briefly in Homer's Iliad, in which Hera takes Stentor's character to encourage the Greeks to fight, his name has been living in the term "stentorian" voice, meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous: Homer said his "voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men". Elsewhere, he is said to have died after his defeat by Hermes in a shouting contest. Aristotle uses the concept of a Stentor in his Politics Book 7, Chapter IV saying, "For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?"...

Definition of stentor in the English dictionary

The definition of stentor in the dictionary is a person with an unusually loud voice. Other definition of stentor is any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STENTOR

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STENTOR

stenopetalous · stenophagous · stenophyllous · stenosed · stenoses · stenosis · stenotherm · stenothermal · stenotic · stenotopic · stenotropic · Stenotype · stenotyper · stenotypic · stenotypist · stenotypy · stent · stentmaster · stentorian · stentour

WORDS THAT END LIKE STENTOR

accentor · alpine accentor · assentor · augmentor · circumferentor · circumventor · coinventor · commentor · fermentor · guarantor · implementor · indentor · interventor · inventor · patentor · precentor · representor · succentor · tormentor · unrelentor

Synonyms and antonyms of stentor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stentor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STENTOR

Find out the translation of stentor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stentor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stentor» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

宏声
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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stentor
570 millions of speakers
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English

stentor
510 millions of speakers
hi

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STENTOR
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ستنتور
280 millions of speakers
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Stentor
278 millions of speakers
pt

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stentor
270 millions of speakers
bn

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stentor
260 millions of speakers
fr

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stentor
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Stentor
190 millions of speakers
de

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Stentor
180 millions of speakers
ja

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stentor
130 millions of speakers
ko

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STENTOR
85 millions of speakers
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Stentor
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Stentor
80 millions of speakers
ta

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stentor
75 millions of speakers
mr

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दाता
75 millions of speakers
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stentor
70 millions of speakers
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Stentor
65 millions of speakers
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Stentor
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Stentor
40 millions of speakers
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Stentor
30 millions of speakers
el

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STENTOR
15 millions of speakers
af

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Stentor
14 millions of speakers
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stentor
10 millions of speakers
no

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stentor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stentor

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stentor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STENTOR»

Discover the use of stentor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stentor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications: The Politics ...
Early in 1992, before the long-distance competition hearing, Telecom Canada was reorganized and renamed Stentor. Stentor was an alliance of the major telephone companies, including Bell Canada, BC Telephone, ACT, SaskTel, MTS, ...
Vanda Rideout, 2003
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Photomovement
The motile mechanoresponse of Stentor is controlled by ion permeability of the cell membrane that determine resting, action, and mechanoreceptor potentials in the ciliate cell [16,91]. Similarly, the light responses in Stentor have been ...
D.-P. Häder, M. Lebert, 2001
3
On the Smallest Parts of Stentor Capable of Regeneration: A ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Frank E. Lillie, 2010
4
Phobias: Fighting the Fear
It can be an irritant even for humans and is certainly toxic to tiny animals like stentor. He added carmine to the water tank in which the stentor was living, and simply watched to see what happened. The stentor did not at first react to the carmine ...
Helen Saul, 2004
5
Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of ...
Previous to the establishment of Stentor in January 1992, a loose alliance of the same companies existed as Telecom Canada. Originally, Telecom Canada evolved through a series of ad hoc agreements among the telcos. These agreements ...
W. T. Stanbury, 1996
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
H55] UF Stentorella Stentorina BT Stentoridae NT Stentor coeruleus Stentor muelleri Stentor coeruleus (May Subd Geog) [QL368. H55] BT Stentor Stentor muelleri (May Subd Geog) [QL368.H55] BT Stentor Stentorella USE Stentor Stentoridae ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
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Principles of Regenerative Biology
One of the most spectacular examples of this prowess is seen in Stentor, a goblet -shaped ciliate protozoan with a remarkably complex structure (Fig. 1-7). On the opposite end from an attenuated holdfast is a mouth region surrounded by a rim ...
Bruce M. Carlson, 2011
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The Invertebrates
Like many other rotifers it is superficially rather like Stentor (Fig. 3.1 c). It has a ciliated corona at its anterior end and tapers to a narrow foot at the posterior end. The cilia of the corona are arranged more or less in two rings, with the mouth in ...
R. McNeill Alexander, 1979
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Conflicts
STENTOR ELECTRIC MFG. CO. 313 U.S. 487 (1941). [For more information on Erie and state conflict rules, see Casenote Law Outline on Conflict of Laws, Chapter 4, § II, The Klaxon Corollary.] NOTES: CONCISE RULE OF LAW: Federal  ...
Casenotes, 2002
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SMST-2000: Proceedings of the International Conference on ...
DEGRADATION. OF. STENTOR. DEVICES. AFTER. IMPLANTATION. IN. HUMAN . BEINGS. G. Riepe,1 C. Heintz,1 L. Birken,2 E. Kaiser,3 N. Chakfé,4 M. Morlock,2 G. Delling,3 and H. Imig1 1 General Hospital of Hamburg-Harburg, ...
Scott M. Russell, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STENTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stentor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carinova volhardt in korting op uren thuishulp in Deventer
... mensen te geven waar ze recht op hebben. Dat blijkt uit een brief die Carinova aan de eigen medewerkers heeft gestuurd en die in handen is van de Stentor. «De Stentor, Jul 15»
2
Bestuurders hogeschool Windesheim declareren tonnen
Geen abonnee van de Stentor? De Stentor is ook los te koop in de winkel of kiosk. Online kan ook, tot twee weken na verschijning, met een Dagpas E-paper ... «De Stentor, Jun 15»
3
Kardinaal doet Rhianna uit Dronten in de ban
... gebleven en daar heb ik altijd heel veel van gehouden. Dat is niet veranderd." Lees in de Stentor van maandag het hele verhaal van Rhianna Gralike. «De Stentor, Jun 15»
4
Bereid je voor: doe mee met de Lezerstour!
Ook de Stentor doet mee. Voorafgaand aan de Tour de France kunt u via de site van de Stentor een tourploeg samenstellen. Voor een beetje hulp: hier staat het ... «De Stentor, Jun 15»
5
Zwolle: Vader van onthoofde baby krijgt gelijk
Geen abonnee van de Stentor? De Stentor is ook los te koop in de winkel of kiosk. Online kan ook, tot twee weken na verschijning, met een Dagpas E-paper ... «De Stentor, Jun 15»
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'Terrorpauw' beschadigt auto's in Epe
Geen abonnee van de Stentor? De Stentor is ook los te koop in de winkel of kiosk. Online kan ook, tot twee weken na verschijning, met een Dagpas E-paper ... «De Stentor, May 15»
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'Klagende' Polen niet meer op bouwplaats Deventer stadskantoor
DEVENTER - De Polen die begin vorige maand tegenover VVD-Kamerlid Anne Mulder en de Stentor hun mond open deden over onder meer hun te lage ... «De Stentor, Apr 15»
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Telefoondata journalist de Stentor niet veilig voor justitie
Journalistenvakbond NVJ en hoofdredactie van de Stentor zijn verbijsterd over ... in september het landelijke nieuws toen journalist Anne Boer van de Stentor ... «De Stentor, Mar 15»
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Geen menselijke resten gevonden in zoektocht naar Zutphenaar …
... soft- en harddrugs. Het nieuwe onderzoek is opgestart na een tip die de politie binnenkreeg naar aanleiding van een groot verhaal over de zaak in de Stentor. «De Stentor, Feb 15»
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Pornozaak schokt Sportclub Lochem
Geen abonnee van de Stentor? De Stentor is ook los te koop in de winkel of kiosk. Online kan ook, tot twee weken na verschijning, met een Dagpas E-paper ... «De Stentor, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Stentor [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stentor>. May 2024 ».
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