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T

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Noun

1. t, thymine

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

2. deoxythymidine monophosphate, t

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

3. metric ton, mt, t, tonne

a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms

4. t

the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet

5. liothyronine, t, 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

6. t, tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin, thyroxine

hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells

Example Sentences:
'thyroxine is 65% iodine'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

T

see synonyms of t
nounWord forms: plural t's, T's or Ts
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. 
a. 
something shaped like a T
b. 
(in combination)
a T-junction
4.  to a T
symbol for
1. 
tonne(s)
2. 
troy (weight)
3. statistics
distribution
4. statistics Student's t
symbol for
1. 
absolute temperature
2. 
tera-
3. chemistry
tritium
4. biochemistry
thymine
5. 
tesla
6. 
surface tension
abbreviation for
7. 
Thailand (international car registration)
abbreviation for
1. business
tare
2. 
teaspoon(ful)
3. 
temperature
4. music
tempo
5. 
tenor
6. grammar
tense
7. 
ton(s)
8. 
transitive
contraction of
it

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T

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nounWord forms: plural T's or Ts
T-shirt
1. 
absolute (Kelvin) temperature
2. 
tablespoon(s)
3.  American Football
tackle
: sometimes written t
4. 
Technician
5. 
temperature
6. 
tension
7. 
tera-
8. 
Territory
9. 
tesla(s)
10. 
Testament
11. 
Thursday
12. 
thymine
13. 
time (of firing or launching)
14. 
ton(s)
15.  Physics
torque
16.  Chemistry
triple bond
17. 
Tuesday
half-life
nounWord forms: plural t's or T's
1. 
the twentieth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek tau, derived from the Hebrew tav
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (t) of time
3. 
a type or impression for t or T
4. 
the twentieth in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like T
adjective
6. 
of t or T
7. 
twentieth in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like T
1. 
in the time (of)
2. 
tare
3. 
target
4. 
teaspoon(s)
5. 
telephone
6. 
temperature
7. 
tempo
8. 
tenor
9. 
tense
10. 
time
11. 
ton(s)
12. 
town
13. 
township
14. 
transit
15. 
transitive
16. 
troy
17. 
volume

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

T

see synonyms of t
n. pl. t's or T's also ts or Ts
1. The 20th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter t.
3. The 20th in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter T.
The symbol for the isotope tritium.
abbr.
1.
a. teaspoon
b. teaspoonful
2. top quark
abbr.
1. also T.
a. tablespoon
b. tablespoonful
2. Football tackle
3. temperature
4. tenor
5. tesla
6. Thursday
7. thymine
8. time reversal
9. township
10. Tuesday
11. Sports turnover
abbr.
1. tare
2. Latin tempore (in the time of)
3. time
4. ton
5. transitive
6. troy (system of weights)
abbr.
thyroxine
abbr.
triiodothyronine

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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