Dictionary
T
tPronunciation: (tē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. 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.
6. to a T, exactly; perfectly:
That job would suit you to a T. Also,to a tee.T
Pronunciation: (tē), [key]—
n. (sometimes l.c.)
T-shirt.
T
1. tera-.
2. Elect.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 l.c.) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Cf.
Roman numerals.
3. surface tension.
4. Biochem.
a. threonine.
b. thymine.
5. Photog.See
T number.
6. Physics.
a. tau lepton.
b. time reversal.
7. the launching time of a rocket or missile:
T minus two. 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. Mil.(in designations of aircraft) trainer:
T-11. t-
Chem.tertiary.
-t
var. 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.
6. in the time of.
7. tenor.
8. Gram.tense.
9. territory.
10. time.
11. tome.
12. ton.
13. town.
14. township.
15. transit.
16. transitive.
17. troy.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
