t
Save This Word!
Statistics.
a random variable having Student's t distribution.
the statistic employed in Student's t-test.
QUIZZES
THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Definition for t (2 of 12)
Definition for t (3 of 12)
T1
or t
[ tee ]
/ ti /
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.
Definition for t (4 of 12)
Origin of T
2First recorded in 1970–75
Definition for t (5 of 12)
Definition for t (6 of 12)
T4
Symbol.
Definition for t (7 of 12)
Definition for t (8 of 12)
T-
U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer: T-11.
Definition for t (9 of 12)
-t
variant of -ed1 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.
Definition for t (10 of 12)
t.1
abbreviation
in the time of.
Origin of t.
1From the Latin word tempore
Definition for t (11 of 12)
t.2
abbreviation
Definition for t (12 of 12)
T.
abbreviation
tablespoon; tablespoonful.
Territory.
Township.
Tuesday.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for t
British Dictionary definitions for t (1 of 6)
British Dictionary definitions for t (2 of 6)
t
T
/ (tiː) /
noun plural t's, T's or Ts
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 T in every detail; perfectlythe work suited her to a T
British Dictionary definitions for t (3 of 6)
't
contraction of
it
British Dictionary definitions for t (4 of 6)
T
symbol for
abbreviation for
Thailand (international car registration)
British Dictionary definitions for t (5 of 6)
T-
abbreviation for
trainer (aircraft)T-37
British Dictionary definitions for t (6 of 6)
t.
abbreviation for
Word Origin for t.
(sense 4) Latin: in the time of
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for t (1 of 3)
t
abbr.
temperature
Medical definitions for t (2 of 3)
T 11
The symbol for the isotopetritium
Medical definitions for t (3 of 3)
T 22
abbr.
tablespoon
absolute temperature
tesla
tetanus toxoids vaccine
tetanus vaccine
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Scientific definitions for t
T
Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine
The symbol for the isotope tritium.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Idioms and Phrases with t
T
see dot the i's and cross the t's; to a T.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.