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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telic

Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [?]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Telic \Tel"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? the end.] (Gram.) Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic.
--Gibbs.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
telic

"indicating purpose," 1846, from Greek telikos "final," from telos "end, goal, result" (see tele-).

Wiktionary
telic

a. 1 (context grammar English) expressing end or purpose. 2 (context linguistics English) perfective aspect. 3 tending towards a goal or definite end.

Wikipedia
Telic

Telic, a purposeful or defined action, may refer to:

  • Grammatically, indicating telicity
  • A central argument of Teleology says that the world has clearly been constructed in a purposeful telic rather than a chaotic manner, and must therefore have been made by a rational being, i.e. God
  • " Operation Telic", the codename for the British military participation in the 2003 Iraq War

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The air between Croven and the veteran was taut, telic, as something invisible probed and strained it.