T

¹

Or t

[tee]

noun

plural

T's, Ts, t's, 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.

t.

²

abbreviation

1. in the time of.

T

³

[tee]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

t.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Football.,  tackle.

2. taken from.

3. tare.

4. teaspoon; teaspoonful.

5. temperature.

6. tenor.

7. Grammar.,  tense.

8. territory.

9. time.

10. tome.

11. ton.

12. town.

13. township.

14. transit.

15. transitive.

16. troy.

T

⁵

abbreviation

1. (used in combination) tera-.

2. Electricity.,  tesla; teslas.

3. temperature.

T

⁶

Symbol.

1. the 20th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase),  the medieval Roman numeral for 160.

3. surface tension.

4. Chemistry.,  tritium. Also T

5. Biochemistry.

   1. threonine.

   2. thymine.

6. Photography.,  T number.

7. Physics.

   1. tau lepton.

   2. time reversal.

8. the launching time of a rocket or missile.

   T minus two.

t

⁷

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.

2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

't

⁸

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

t-

⁹

1. Chemistry.,  tertiary.

T-

¹⁰

1. U.S. Military.,  (in designations of aircraft) trainer.

   T-11.

-t

¹¹

1. 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.

¹²

abbreviation

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.

2. Territory.

3. Township.

4. Tuesday.

t

¹

/ tiː /

noun

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. 1. something shaped like a T

   2. ( in combination )

      a T-junction

4. in every detail; perfectly

   the work suited her to a T

't

²

contraction

1. it

t.

³

abbreviation

1. commerce tare

2. teaspoon(ful)

3. temperature

4. music tempo

5. tenor

6. grammar tense

7. ton(s)

8. transitive

T-

⁴

abbreviation

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

t

⁵

symbol

1. tonne(s)

2. troy (weight)

3. statistics distribution

4. statistics See Student's t

T

⁶

symbol

1. absolute temperature

2. tera-

3. chem tritium

4. biochem thymine

5. tesla

6. surface tension

abbreviation

1. Thailand (international car registration)

T

1. Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine

2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

From the Latin word tempore

Origin of T²

First recorded in 1970–75

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

(sense 4) Latin: in the time of

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. to a T, exactly; perfectly: Also to a tee

   That job would suit you to a T.

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

Example Sentences

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“But I was doing good work, wasn’t I? Even Aaron said I had a good outline.”

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