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t

character, num, noun — 17 senses

t

characteralso spelled T

/t/ · [tʰ]

1

Letter, Lowercase The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

t

num
1

Lowercase, Number The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

T

noun

/tiː/

Etymology Abbreviations.

13 senses
  1. 1Ellipsis of T-shirt.
  2. 2Abbreviation of Tuesday.
  3. 3Abbreviation of Thursday.
  4. 4Abbreviation of tenor.
  5. 5Ellipsis of Model T.
  6. 6Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
  7. 7Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
  8. 8Abbreviation of technical foul.
  9. 9Abbreviation of testosterone.
  10. 10Ellipsis of T wave.
  11. 11Ellipsis of T cell.
  12. 12Ellipsis of T-beam.
  13. 13Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books…
1

Business, Clothing, Fashion, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Textiles Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Informal Ellipsis of T-shirt.

  • "I'm telling you, every good thing that has happened to me is because of this lucky T." Carrie had an extensive list going of all the positive moments that occurred after she got the T-shirt. She wore the lucky T to varsity basketball tryouts […]2005, Kate Brian, Lucky T, page 8:
2

Abbreviation Abbreviation of Tuesday.

3

Abbreviation Abbreviation of Thursday.

4

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Abbreviation Abbreviation of tenor.

5

Automotive, Transport, Vehicles Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Model T.

6

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Abbreviation, In multiple unit formations Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).

7

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation Abbreviation of ties (statistic).

8

Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation Abbreviation of technical foul.

9

Abbreviation Abbreviation of testosterone.

Especially LGBTQ

  • But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE:
  • Living in a van with a stray dog and picking up casual work, Rothko imagines a tentative future in which they might earn enough to “go private … Start on T” (testosterone).2026 April 28, Shahidha Bari, “Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
10

Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of T wave.

  • The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.1999, Thomas M. Blake, Annotated Atlas of Electrocardiography: A Guide to Confident Interpretation, New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 63:
11

Immunology, Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of T cell.

  • Mind your Bs and Ts The other prong comes in the form of “T” lymphocytes (which mature in the thymus). These recognise and kill infected body cells.2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist:
12

Business, Construction, Manufacturing Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of T-beam.

13

Nautical, Transport Abbreviation, Historical Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

T

character
1

Letter, Uppercase The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

  • Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
Derived terms
34 terms2,4,5-T, cross someone's T, Generation T, high-T, pre-T, T-account, T-box, T-Boy, tbulge, T-car, T-cushion, t-dick, T-head, T-junction, T-nut, to a T, to the T, T-piece, T-plate, T-pose, T-power, T-powering, T-rav, Ts and Bs, Ts and blues, T-shape, T-shirt, T-slot, T-spacer, T-splice, T-symmetry, T-Town, T-variety, T-zone

T

num
1

Uppercase, Number The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

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