ti

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noun, plural tis.Music.

the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.

(in the fixed system of solmization) the tone B.

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Also te

[tey] /teɪ/ .

Compare sol-fa (def. 1).

Origin of ti

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

Words nearby ti

thysanopteron, thysanuran, thyself, Thyssen, THz, ti, Ti2GO, TIA, Tiahuanaco, Tia Juana, Tia Maria

Other definitions for ti (2 of 3)

ti²

[ tee ]

/ ti /

noun, plural tis.

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

Origin of ti

Borrowed into English from Polynesian around 1830–40

Other definitions for ti (3 of 3)

Symbol, Chemistry.

titanium.

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How to use ti in a sentence

Even more importantly, it has an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti graphics card, which can handle running most games in 1080p at moderate settings.
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So it was with some trepidation that our test crew hopped on the new 86 Ti.
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Moots has perfected the recipe for titanium frames that are stiff under pedaling yet retain the velvety feel that makes Ti frames famous.
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Another new twist in ski design, which the Sender Ti’s designers mastered, is that each length is flex-tuned for the size of the skier who will likely pilot it.
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Last year, when Nvidia released the RTX 2080 Ti flagship graphics card, it was a big deal.
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The other two are da—meaning father—and te—an alternate spelling of ti.
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Except for nine of them are musical words: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti—and si—are musical.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble|David Bukszpan|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A man like Ti, my informant explains, buys jewels whenever he is in the money, to sell or hock when times are hard.
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The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti was called the Yellow Emperor because he clothed himself all in yellow to worship the sun.
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In particular, the TI report singled out “undisclosed conflicts of interest by government officials.”
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I walked about till I heard the words of the song:—Segnai mi gera un gato, E ti me carezzevi.
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Thus in ordinary speech the accents formed a species of melody,—logdes ti melos, as it is called by Aristoxenus .
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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.
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Others say the god Ti-iti-i pushed up heaven, and his feet made holes six feet deep in the rocks during this exertion.
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Only the blacks knew the paths through the brown-feathered reeds and dense ti-tree scrubs.
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British Dictionary definitions for ti (1 of 3)

ti¹

/ (tiː) /

noun

music a variant spelling of te

British Dictionary definitions for ti (2 of 3)

ti²

/ (tiː) /

noun plural tis

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

a similar and related plant, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand

Word Origin for ti

of Polynesian origin

British Dictionary definitions for ti (3 of 3)

the chemical symbol for

titanium

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Scientific definitions for ti

The symbol for titanium.