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T, t: Meaning and Definition of
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T
Pronunciation:
(tē),
[key]
— pl. T's Ts, t's ts.
the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
any spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.
something having the shape of a
a written or printed representation of the letter T or t.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T or t.
exactly; perfectly:
That job would suit you to a T.
T
Pronunciation:
(tē),
[key]
T-shirt.
T
Pronunciation:
[key]
tera-.
tesla; teslas.
temperature.
T
Pronunciation:
[key]
— Symbol.
the 20th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 19th.
(sometimes l.c.) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Cf.
surface tension.
threonine.
thymine.
See
tau lepton.
time reversal.
the launching time of a rocket or missile:
T minus two.
T1
Pronunciation:
[key]
triiodothyronine.
T2
Pronunciation:
[key]
thyroxine.
t
Pronunciation:
[key]
a random variable having Student's t distribution.
the statistic employed in Student's t-test.
't
Pronunciation:
[key]
a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.
T-
Pronunciation:
[key]
(in designations of aircraft) trainer:
T-11.
t-
Pronunciation:
[key]
tertiary.
-t
Pronunciation:
[key]
var. ofused in forming the past tense or past participle of certain verbs, usually occurring when the final consonant of the stem is voiceless, a lateral, or a nasal and there is internal vowel change in the root:
slept; felt; dreamt.
T.
Pronunciation:
[key]
tablespoon; tablespoonful.
Territory.
Township.
Tuesday.
t.
Pronunciation:
[key]
tackle.
taken from.
tare.
teaspoon; teaspoonful.
temperature.
in the time of.
tenor.
tense.
territory.
time.
tome.
ton.
town.
township.
transit.
transitive.
troy.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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