T, n.
hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
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| T |
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| tetraiodothyronine |
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| thyroxin |
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| thyroxine |
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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
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| T |
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| liothyronine |
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| triiodothyronine |
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one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
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| T |
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| deoxythymidine monophosphate |
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a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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| T |
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| thymine |
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T cell, n.
a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells
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| T cell |
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| T lymphocyte |
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T hinge, n.
a hinge that looks like the letter T when it is opened; similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame
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| T hinge |
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| tee hinge |
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T lymphocyte, n.
a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells
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| T lymphocyte |
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T'ien-ching, n.
a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
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| T'ien-ching |
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| Tianjin |
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| Tientsin |
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T-bar, n.
a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
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| Alpine lift |
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| T-bar |
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| T-bar lift |
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T-bar lift, n.
a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
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| Alpine lift |
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| T-bar |
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| T-bar lift |
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T-bill, n.
a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days
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| T-bill |
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| Treasury bill |
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T-bone steak, n.
small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and small piece of tenderloin
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| T-bone steak |
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T-junction, n.
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T-man, n.
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T-network, n.
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T-shaped, adj.
T-shirt, n.
T-square, n.
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T. E. Lawrence, n.
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
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| Lawrence |
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| Lawrence of Arabia |
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| T. E. Lawrence |
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| Thomas Edward Lawrence |
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T. H. White, n.
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
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| T. H. White |
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| Theodore Harold White |
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| White |
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T. S. Eliot, n.
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
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| Eliot |
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| T. S. Eliot |
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| Thomas Stearns Eliot |
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T.B., n.
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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| T.B. |
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| TB |
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| tuberculosis |
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TAT, n.
a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture
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| TAT |
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| Thematic Apperception Test |
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TB, n.
a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
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| TB |
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| TiB |
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| tebibyte |
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| terabyte |
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a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
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| TB |
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| terabyte |
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infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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| T.B. |
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| TB |
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| tuberculosis |
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TC, n.
a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory
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| TC |
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| Trusteeship Council |
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TCE, n.
a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
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<noun.substance>
| TCE |
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| trichloroethane |
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| trichloroethylene |
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TCP, n.
a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another
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| TCP |
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| transmission control protocol |
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"TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission"
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TCP/IP, n.
a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
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| TCP/IP |
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| transmission control protocol/internet protocol |
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TDT, n.
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
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| TDT |
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| TT |
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| ephemeris time |
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| terrestrial dynamical time |
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| terrestrial time |
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TELINT, n.
intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry
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| TELINT |
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| telemetry intelligence |
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THC, n.
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THz, n.
TIA, n.
brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
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| TIA |
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| transient ischemic attack |
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