T

¹

or t

[ tee ]

noun

, plural T's or Ts, t's or ts.

1. the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.
3. something having the shape of a T .
4. a written or printed representation of the letter T or t.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T or t.

t.

²

abbreviation for

1. in the time of.

T

³

[ tee ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

t.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Football. tackle.
2. taken from.
3. tare.
4. teaspoon; teaspoonful.
5. temperature.
6. tenor.
7. Grammar. tense.
8. territory.
9. time.
10. tome.
11. ton.
12. town.
13. township.
14. transit.
15. transitive.
16. troy.

T

⁵

abbreviation for

1. (used in combination) tera-.
2. Electricity. tesla; teslas.
3. temperature ( def 1 ).

T

⁶

Symbol.

1. the 20th in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Compare Roman numerals.
3. surface tension.
4. Chemistry. tritium ( def ). Also T
5. Biochemistry.
   1. threonine ( def ).
   2. thymine ( def ).
6. Photography. T number.
7. Physics.
   1. tau lepton ( def ).
   2. time reversal ( def ).
8. the launching time of a rocket or missile:

   T minus two.

t

⁷

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.
2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

't

⁸

1. a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.

t-

⁹

1. Chemistry. tertiary.

T-

¹⁰

1. U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer:

   T-11.

-t

¹¹

1. variant of -ed ¹ 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.

T.

¹²

abbreviation for

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.
2. Territory.
3. Township.
4. Tuesday.

t

¹

/ tiː /

noun

1. the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame
3. 1. something shaped like a T
   2. ( in combination )

      a T-junction

4. to a T
   in every detail; perfectly

   the work suited her to a T

't

²

contraction of

1. it

t.

³

abbreviation for

1. commerce tare
2. teaspoon(ful)
3. temperature
4. music tempo
5. tenor
6. grammar tense
7. ton(s)
8. transitive

T-

⁴

abbreviation for

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

t

⁵

symbol for

1. tonne(s)
2. troy (weight)
3. statistics distribution
4. statistics See Student's t

T

⁶

symbol for

1. absolute temperature
2. tera-
3. chem tritium
4. biochem thymine
5. tesla
6. surface tension

abbreviation for

1. Thailand (international car registration)

T

1. Abbreviation of temperature , tesla , thymine
2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

From the Latin word tempore

Origin of T²

First recorded in 1970–75

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

(sense 4) Latin: in the time of

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. to a T, exactly; perfectly: Also to a tee.

   That job would suit you to a T.

More idioms and phrases containing T

see dot the i's and cross the t's ; to a T .