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tat

  [tat] ,
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), tat⋅ted, tat⋅ting.
to do, or make by, tatting.
Origin:
1900–05; back formation from tatting
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TAT

 
Thematic Apperception Test.

Thematic Apperception Test

 
–noun Psychology.
a projective technique in which stories told by a subject about each of a series of pictures are assumed to reveal dominant needs or motivations. Abbreviation: TAT
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tat 1   (tāt)   
intr. & tr.v.   tat·ted, tat·ting, tats
To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting.

[Probably back-formation from tatting.]
tat 2 also TAT   (tāt)   
n.  A gene in the AIDS virus that stimulates the host cell to replicate genetic components of the virus.

[t(rans)a(c)t(ivator) (gene).]
TAT  
abbr.  Thematic Apperception Test
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tat
Pronunciation: 'tat
Function: noun
1 : a small protein produced by a lentivirus (as HIV) within infected cells that greatly increasesthe rate of viral transcription and replication and that is also secreted extracellularly where it plays a role in increasing viral replication in newly infected cells and in enhancing thesusceptibility of T cells to infection called also tat protein
2 : the viral gene that codes for the tat protein

Main Entry: TAT
Function: abbreviation
thematic apperception test

Main Entry: the·mat·ic apperception test
Pronunciation: thi-'mat-ik-
Function: noun
: a projective technique that is widely used in clinicalpsychology to make personality, psychodynamic, and diagnostic assessments based on the subject's verbal responses to a series of black and white pictures —abbreviation TAT
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Medical Dictionary

TAT abbr.
Thematic Apperception Test

Thematic Apperception Test The·mat·ic Apperception Test (thĭ-māt'ĭk)
n.

Abbr. TAT A psychological test in which the subject is asked to tell a story about a set of standard pictures showing everyday situations, thereby revealing his or her own attitudes and feelings.

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Idioms & Phrases

tat

see tit for tat.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TAT

  1. tetanus antitoxin

  2. Thematic Apperception Test

  3. Transatlantic Telephone

  4. true air temperature

  5. turnaround time

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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