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T, t

   [tee]
noun, plural T's or Ts, t's or ts.
1.
the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2.
any spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.
3.
something having the shape of a T.
4.
a written or printed representation of the letter T or t.
5.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T or t.
Idiom
6.
to a T, exactly; perfectly: That job would suit you to a T. Also, to a tee.

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T

   [tee]
noun (sometimes lowercase)
T-shirt.

T

 
1.
tera-.
2.
Electricity. tesla; teslas.
3.
Physics. temperature.

T

 
Symbol.
1.
the 20th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 19th.
2.
(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Compare Roman numerals.
3.
surface tension.
4.
Biochemistry.
a.
threonine.
b.
thymine.
5.
Photography. T number.
EXPAND
6.
Physics.
a.
tau lepton.
b.
time reversal.
7.
the launching time of a rocket or missile: T minus two.
COLLAPSE

T1

 
triiodothyronine.

T2

 
thyroxine.

t

 
Statistics.
1.
a random variable having Student's t distribution.
2.
the statistic employed in Student's t-test.

't

 
a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.

T-

 
U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer: T-11.

t-

 
Chemistry. tertiary.

-t

 
variant of -ed used 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.

 
1.
tablespoon; tablespoonful.
2.
Territory.
3.
Township.
4.
Tuesday.

t.

 
1.
Football. tackle.
2.
taken from.
3.
tare.
4.
teaspoon; teaspoonful.
5.
temperature.
EXPAND
6.
in the time of. Origin:
< Latin tempore
7.
tenor.
8.
Grammar. tense.
9.
territory.
10.
time.
11.
tome.
12.
ton.
13.
town.
14.
township.
15.
transit.
16.
transitive.
17.
troy.
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World English Dictionary
t or T (tiː)
 
—n , pl t's, T's, Ts
1.  the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2.  a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame
3.  a.  something shaped like a T
 b.  (in combination): a T-junction
4.  to a T in every detail; perfectly: the work suited her to a T
 
T or T
 
—n

t or T (tiː)
 
—n , pl t's, T's, Ts
1.  the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2.  a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame
3.  a.  something shaped like a T
 b.  (in combination): a T-junction
4.  to a T in every detail; perfectly: the work suited her to a T
 
T or T
 
—n

t
 
—symbol for
1.  tonne(s)
2.  troy (weight)
3.  statistics distribution
4.  statistics See Student's t

T
 
—symbol for
1.  absolute temperature
2.  tera-
3.  chem tritium
4.  biochem thymine
5.  tesla
6.  surface tension
 
—abbreviation for
7.  Thailand (international car registration)

't
 
—contraction of
it

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Word Origin & History

T
to cross one's T's (and dot one's i's) "to be exact" is attested from 1849. Phrase to a T "exactly" is recorded from 1693, though the exact signification is uncertain, despite much speculation. The measuring tool called a T-square is recorded by that name from 1785.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

t abbr.
temperature (often italic)

T 1

The symbol for the isotope tritium.

T 2
abbr.

  1. tablespoon

  2. absolute temperature (often italic)

  3. tesla

  4. tetanus toxoids vaccine

  5. tetanus vaccine

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Science Dictionary
T  

  1. Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine

  2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.


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Computing Dictionary

T definition


1. True. A Lisp compiler by Johnathan A. Rees in 1982 at Yale University. T has static scope and is a near-superset of Scheme. Unix source is available. T is written in itself and compiles to efficient native code. Used as the basis for the Yale Haskell system. Maintained by David Kranz .
Latest version: 3.1.
(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/systems/t3.1).
A multiprocessing version of T is available (ftp://masala.lcs.mit.edu/pub/mult).
Runs on Decstation, SPARC, Sun-3, Vax under Unix, Encore, HP, Apollo, Macintosh under A/UX.
E-mail: (bugs). E-mail: .
(1991-11-26)
["The T Manual", Johnathan A. Rees et al, Yale U, 1984].
2. A functional language.
["T: A Simple Reduction Language Based on Combinatory Term Rewriting", Ida et al, Proc of Prog Future Generation Computers, 1988].
3. (lower case) The Lisp atom used to represent "true", among other things. "false" is represented using the same atom as an empty list, nil. This overloading of the basic constants of the language helps to make Lisp write-only code.
4. In transaction-processing circles, an abbreviation for "transaction".
5. (Purdue) An alternative spelling of "tee".

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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
t

  1. tense (grammar)

  2. [long] ton

  3. top quark

T

  1. AT&T Corporation (stock symbol)

  2. temperature

  3. tenor

  4. tesla

  5. Thailand (international vehicle ID)

  6. thunderstorms

  7. Thursday

  8. thymine

  9. time reversal

  10. [United States] Treasury

  11. tritium

  12. true

  13. T-shirt

  14. Tuesday

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Idioms & Phrases

T

see dot the i's and cross the t's; to a T.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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