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  

[tee] / ti /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

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t. ⁴ 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 ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. (used in combination) tera-.

2. Electricity.  tesla; teslas.

3. temperature.

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T ⁶ 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 ⁷ American  

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.

2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

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't ⁸ 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- ⁹ American  

1. Chemistry.  tertiary.

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T- ¹⁰ American  

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

   T-11.

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-t ¹¹ 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. ¹² American  

abbreviation

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.

2. Territory.

3. Township.

4. Tuesday.

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t ¹ 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 ² British  

contraction

1. it

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t. ³ 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- ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

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t ⁵ British  

symbol

1. tonne(s)

2. troy (weight)

3. statistics distribution

4. statistics See Student's t

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T ⁶ 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 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 formula hasn’t been raised since 1999 to account for inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal

He often doesn’t think of others and does what he wants, often without caring about consequences.

From Los Angeles Times

After massive success at the Division III, Division II, Football Championship Subdivision and Football Bowl Subdivision levels, Chesney now takes on his greatest challenge — reviving a Big Ten team that hasn’t achieved anything of national significance in more than a quarter of a century.

From Los Angeles Times

“We wanted to see development, we wanted to see growth, and we just weren’t seeing it.”

From Salon

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

From Salon