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Noun T has 6 senses
- t(n = noun.substance) thymine - a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine; Array is a kind of pyrimidine
- t(n = noun.substance) deoxythymidine monophosphate - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose); Array is a kind of base, nucleotide
- t(n = noun.quantity) metric ton, mt, tonne - a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms; Array is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
- t(n = noun.communication) Array - the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet; Array is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet
- t(n = noun.body) liothyronine, triiodothyronine - thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer; Array is a kind of thyroid hormone
- t(n = noun.body) tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin, thyroxine - hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" is a kind of thyroid hormone
has parts: quintal
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
CIDE DICTIONARY
T,
the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
T, n. (also t) (pl. Ts or T's)
1 the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
2 a T-shaped thing (esp. attrib.: T-joint).
1 the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
2 a T-shaped thing (esp. attrib.: T-joint).
Idiom
to a T exactly; to a nicety.
T, abbr.
1 tera-.
2 tesla.
1 tera-.
2 tesla.
T, symb. Chem. the isotope tritium.
DEVIL DICTIONARY
T
the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, was by the Greeks absurdly called _tau_. In the alphabet whence ours comes it had the form of the rude corkscrew of the period, and when it stood alone (which was more than the Phoenicians could always do) signified _Tallegal_, translated by the learned Dr. Brownrigg, "tanglefoot."ROGET THESAURUS
T
Heat
N heat, caloric, temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity, incalescence, incandescence, glow, flush, fever, hectic, phlogiston, fire, spark, scintillation, flash, flame, blaze, bonfire, firework, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny, wildfire, sheet of fire, lambent flame, devouring element, adiathermancy, recalescence, summer, dog days, canicular days, baking, heat, white heat, tropical heat, Afric heat, Bengal heat, summer heat, blood heat, sirocco, simoom, broiling sun, insolation, warming, sun, pyrology, thermology, thermotics, thermodynamics, thermometer, calorie, gram-calorie, small calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, British Thermal Unit, B, T, U, therm, quad, degrees Kelvin, kelvins, degrees centigrade, degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, hot, warm, mild, genial, tepid, lukewarm, unfrozen, thermal, thermic, calorific, fervent, fervid, ardent, aglow, sunny, torrid, tropical, estival, canicular, steamy, close, sultry, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, oppressive, reeking, baking, red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning, hot, piping hot, like a furnace, like an oven, burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper, hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg, fiery, incandescent, incalescent, candent, ebullient, glowing, smoking, live, on fire, dazzling, in flames, blazing, in a blaze, alight, afire, ablaze, unquenched, unextinguished, smoldering, in a heat, in a glow, in a fever, in a perspiration, in a sweat, sudorific, sweltering, sweltered, blood hot, blood warm, warm as a toast, warm as wool, volcanic, plutonic, igneous, isothermal, isothermic, isotheral, not a breath of air, whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
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