The Fire Alarm Systems on all three campuses are monitored and supervised 24-7 by the Tufts Police Communications Centers located on the Boston and Medford campuses. The systems are engineered, installed and supervised in accordance with applicable Massachusetts fire and building codes.
Noun. 1. sinew-a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment. tendon. connective tissue-tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments.inew. The state or quality of being physically strong: brawn, might, muscle, potence, potency, power, powerfulness, puissance, strength, thew (often used in plural).
sinew The tendon that connects muscles to bone is also called sinew. The noun is also used to suggest strength and resilience, and is sometimes used as a literary term for muscle, literal or metaphorical, as in âa nationâs sinew.â Sinew derives from before 900 A.D., with relatives found in the Dutch zenuw and the Old High German senawa, indicating a Germanic origin, and our present spelling worked its way through the Old English seonowe to become the Middle English sinewe.