Tene
adjective
1.
Archaeology. designating the period or culture of the late Iron Age typified by the structural remains, swords, tools, utensils, etc., found at La Tène.
Compare Hallstattan.
noun
2.
a shallow area at the E end of the Lake of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where these remains were found.
1.
a combining form meaning “ribbon,” used in biology to form compound nouns that refer to the shape or number of chromosomes involved in meiosis:
leptotene; pachytene; diplotene.
adjective
1.
of or relating to a Celtic culture in Europe from about the 5th to the 1st centuries bc, characterized by a distinctive type of curvilinear decoration See also Hallstatt
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