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ti

1

[ tee ]

noun

, Music.
, plural tis.
  1. the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
  2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone B.


ti

2

[ tee ]

noun

, plural tis.
  1. a widely cultivated tropical plant, Cordyline terminalis, of the agave family, having narrow, leathery, often variegated leaves and yellowish, white, or reddish flowers.

Ti

3
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. titanium.

ti

1

/ tiː /

noun

  1. music a variant spelling of te
“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


ti

2

/ tiː /

noun

  1. a woody palmlike agave plant, Cordyline terminalis, of the East Indies, having white, mauve, or reddish flowers. The sword-shaped leaves are used for garments, fodder, thatch, etc, and the root for food and liquor
  2. a similar and related plant, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand
“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

Ti

3

the chemical symbol for

  1. titanium
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ti1

First recorded in 1835–45; substituted for si to avoid confusion with the sharp of sol; gamut

Origin of ti2

Borrowed into English from Polynesian around 1830–40
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ti1

of Polynesian origin
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Example Sentences

The other two are da—meaning father—and te—an alternate spelling of ti.

Except for nine of them are musical words: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti—and si—are musical.

A man like Ti, my informant explains, buys jewels whenever he is in the money, to sell or hock when times are hard.

The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti was called the Yellow Emperor because he clothed himself all in yellow to worship the sun.

In particular, the TI report singled out “undisclosed conflicts of interest by government officials.”

I walked about till I heard the words of the song:—Segnai mi gera un gato, E ti me carezzevi.

Thus in ordinary speech the accents formed a species of melody,—logdes ti melos, as it is called by Aristoxenus .

First thing I does is ti get the wife ti ask Harry Nicholson in ti tea wiv us, so as ti hear aal aboot hoo it happened.

Others say the god Ti-iti-i pushed up heaven, and his feet made holes six feet deep in the rocks during this exertion.

Only the blacks knew the paths through the brown-feathered reeds and dense ti-tree scrubs.

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