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Statistics.
a random variable having Student's t distribution.
the statistic employed in Student's t-test.
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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.
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Origin of T
2First recorded in 1970–75
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T4
Symbol.
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T-
U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer: T-11.
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-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.
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t.1
abbreviation
in the time of.
Origin of t.
1From the Latin word tempore
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t.2
abbreviation
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T.
abbreviation
tablespoon; tablespoonful.
Territory.
Township.
Tuesday.
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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
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't
contraction of
it
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T
symbol for
abbreviation for
Thailand (international car registration)
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T-
abbreviation for
trainer (aircraft)T-37
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t.
abbreviation for
Word Origin for t.
(sense 4) Latin: in the time of
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Scientific definitions for t
T
Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine
The symbol for the isotope tritium.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with t
T
see dot the i's and cross the t's; to a T.
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