t

adj

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. Abbreviation of teen.
2. Abbreviation of taxable.
3. Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).
4. Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.
5. Abbreviation of true.

character

1. 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.”

name

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. AT&T.
2. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.

   “I'm going to take the T.”

3. The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

   “The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.”

noun

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. 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 […]”

2. Abbreviation of Tuesday.
3. Abbreviation of Thursday.
4. Abbreviation of tenor.
5. Ellipsis of Model T.
6. Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
7. Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
8. Abbreviation of technical foul.
9. Abbreviation of testosterone.

   “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.”

   “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).”

10. 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.”

11. 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.”

12. Ellipsis of T-beam.
13. Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

num

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