T

¹ American  

[tee] / ti /

Or t

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.

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idioms

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

   That job would suit you to a T.

t. ² American  

abbreviation

1. in the time of.

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t. ³ American  

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.

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T- ⁴ American  

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

   T-11.

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T ⁵ American  

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.

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-t ⁶ American  

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.

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T ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. (used in combination) tera-.

2. Electricity. tesla; teslas.

3. temperature.

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t ⁸ American  

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.

2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

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t- ⁹ American  

1. Chemistry. tertiary.

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T ¹⁰ American  

[tee] / ti /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

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T. ¹¹ American  

abbreviation

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.

2. Territory.

3. Township.

4. Tuesday.

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't ¹² American  

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

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't ¹ British  

contraction

1. it

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T- ² British  

abbreviation

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

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t ³ British  

symbol

1. tonne(s)

2. troy (weight)

3. statistics distribution

4. statistics See Student's t

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T ⁴ British  

symbol

1. absolute temperature

2. tera-

3. chem tritium

4. biochem thymine

5. tesla

6. surface tension

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abbreviation

1. Thailand (international car registration)

t ⁵ British  

/ 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

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t. ⁶ British  

abbreviation

1. commerce tare

2. teaspoon(ful)

3. temperature

4. music tempo

5. tenor

6. grammar tense

7. ton(s)

8. transitive

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T Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine

2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.

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T More Idioms  

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

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Etymology

Origin of t.¹

From the Latin word tempore

Origin of T¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

"The real midlife crisis in America isn't about lifestyle choices or sports cars. It's about juggling work, finances, family, and health amid weakening social supports," Infurna said.

From Science Daily

The catch is, at this point, he doesn’t recall them specifically — only what they meant to him.

From Salon

“If you remember something, but you can’t place it, and then you think, ‘Oh, this is familiar to me, so I’m going to do everything in my power to protect it,’ even though we as an audience know what he’s doing, he doesn’t, to a degree.”

From Salon

Now he’s the fearsome monster who can’t quite remember the man he used to be.

From Salon

“Why can’t I do that in animation?”

From Salon