ti

¹

[ tee ]

noun

, Music.

, plural tis.

1. the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone B.

ti

²

[ tee ]

noun

, plural tis.

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

Ti

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. titanium.

ti

¹

/ tiː /

noun

1. music a variant spelling of te

ti

²

/ tiː /

noun

1. 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
2. a similar and related plant, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand

Ti

³

the chemical symbol for

1. titanium

Word History and Origins

Origin of ti¹

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

Origin of ti²

Borrowed into English from Polynesian around 1830–40

Word History and Origins

Origin of ti¹

of Polynesian origin

Example Sentences

Even more importantly, it has an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti graphics card, which can handle running most games in 1080p at moderate settings.

From Popular-Science

So it was with some trepidation that our test crew hopped on the new 86 Ti.

From Outside Online

Moots has perfected the recipe for titanium frames that are stiff under pedaling yet retain the velvety feel that makes Ti frames famous.

From Outside Online

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.

From Outside Online

Last year, when Nvidia released the RTX 2080 Ti flagship graphics card, it was a big deal.

From Popular-Science

The other two are da—meaning father—and te—an alternate spelling of ti.

From The Daily Beast

Except for nine of them are musical words: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti—and si—are musical.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti was called the Yellow Emperor because he clothed himself all in yellow to worship the sun.

From The Daily Beast

In particular, the TI report singled out “undisclosed conflicts of interest by government officials.”

From The Daily Beast

I walked about till I heard the words of the song:—Segnai mi gera un gato, E ti me carezzevi.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus in ordinary speech the accents formed a species of melody,—logdes ti melos, as it is called by Aristoxenus .

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Others say the god Ti-iti-i pushed up heaven, and his feet made holes six feet deep in the rocks during this exertion.

From Project Gutenberg

Only the blacks knew the paths through the brown-feathered reeds and dense ti-tree scrubs.

From Project Gutenberg