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T
1or t
[ tee ]
noun
, plural T's or Ts, t's or 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 T .
- 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.
t.
2abbreviation for
- in the time of.
T
3[ tee ]
noun
, (sometimes lowercase)
t.
4abbreviation for
- Football. tackle.
- taken from.
- tare.
- teaspoon; teaspoonful.
- temperature.
- tenor.
- Grammar. tense.
- territory.
- time.
- tome.
- ton.
- town.
- township.
- transit.
- transitive.
- troy.
T
5abbreviation for
T
6Symbol.
- the 20th in order or in a series.
- (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Compare Roman numerals.
- surface tension.
- Chemistry. tritium ( def ). Also T
- Biochemistry.
- Photography. T number.
- Physics.
- the launching time of a rocket or missile:
T minus two.
t
7Statistics.
- a random variable having a t distribution.
- the statistic resulting from a t-test.
't
8- a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.
t-
9- Chemistry. tertiary.
T-
10- U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer:
T-11.
-t
11- variant of -ed 1 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.
12abbreviation for
- tablespoon; tablespoonful.
- Territory.
- Township.
- Tuesday.
t
1/ tiː /
noun
- the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame
- something shaped like a T
- ( in combination )
a T-junction
- to a Tin every detail; perfectly
the work suited her to a T
't
2contraction of
- it
t.
3abbreviation for
- commerce tare
- teaspoon(ful)
- temperature
- music tempo
- tenor
- grammar tense
- ton(s)
- transitive
T-
4abbreviation for
- trainer (aircraft)
T-37
t
5symbol for
- tonne(s)
- troy (weight)
- statistics distribution
- statistics See Student's t
T
6symbol for
- absolute temperature
- tera-
- chem tritium
- biochem thymine
- tesla
- surface tension
abbreviation for
- Thailand (international car registration)
T
- Abbreviation of temperature , tesla , thymine
- The symbol for the isotope tritium.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of T1
From the Latin word tempore
Origin of T2
First recorded in 1970–75
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Word History and Origins
Origin of T1
(sense 4) Latin: in the time of
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- to a T, exactly; perfectly: Also to a tee.
That job would suit you to a T.
More idioms and phrases containing T
see dot the i's and cross the t's ; to a T .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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