T

1. the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
2. a shape like that of a capital T.

   make a T-shaped wound in the rootstock and insert the cut bud

1. (in units of measurement) tera- (10¹²).

   12 Tbytes of data storage

2. tesla.
3. Thailand (international vehicle registration).
4. (in names of sports clubs) Town.

   Mansfield T

1. temperature.
2. the hydrogen isotope tritium.

1. imperial or metric ton(s).

   Lithuania produced 512,000 t of sulphuric acid in 1989

symbol

a number characterizing the distribution of a sample taken from a population with a normal distribution.

1. the word ‘it’, attached to the end of a verb, especially in the transcription of regional spoken use.

   I'll never do’t again

suffix

equivalent to -est² (as in shalt ).

suffix

equivalent to -ed² (as in crept, sent, spoilt ).

noun, symbol

a temperature measured from absolute zero in kelvins.

noun

a large spoon for serving food.

noun

a small spoon used typically for adding sugar to and stirring hot drinks or for eating some foods.

noun, symbol

the SI unit of magnetic flux density.

1960s: named after N. Tesla (see Tesla, Nikola).

1. a unit of weight equal to 2,240 lb avoirdupois (1016.05 kg).
2. a unit of gross internal capacity, equal to 100 cu. ft (2.83 cubic metres).
3. a large number or amount.

   all of a sudden I had tons of friends

4. a hundred, in particular a speed of 100 mph, a score of 100 or more, or a sum of £100.

   he scored 102 not out, his third ton of the tour

1. much; a lot.

   I feel tons better

Middle English: variant of tun, both spellings being used for the container and the weight. The senses were differentiated in the late 17th century.

noun, symbol

a radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a mass approximately three times that of the usual isotope.

1930s: from modern Latin, from Greek tritos ‘third’.