the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor.

Tenor is the name given in Change ringing to the bell with the lowest pitch.

Tenor is the name of a search technology planned for KDE 4.

Tenor (from Latin tenor - holder, or tenere - hold) means generally:

Tenor (linguistics) refers to the relationship between participants in a discourse.

A Tenor Saxophone is often colloquially referred to as a Tenor.

Tenor refers to a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. Also, tenor is term used to describe a person, instrument, or group that performs in that range or the tenor clef.

Tenor (finance) refers to the time-to-maturity of a bond.