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T
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
Example:
thyroxine is 65% iodine
Synonyms:
T; tetraiodothyronine; thyroxin; thyroxine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("T" is a kind of...):
thyroid hormone (any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
liothyronine; T; triiodothyronine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("T" is a kind of...):
thyroid hormone (any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("T" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("T" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
Synonyms:
metric ton; MT; t; tonne
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("t" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Meronyms (parts of "t"):
quintal (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)
Sense 5
Meaning:
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
Synonyms:
deoxythymidine monophosphate; T
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("T" is a kind of...):
base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))
Sense 6
Meaning:
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
Synonyms:
T; thymine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("T" is a kind of...):
pyrimidine (any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine)
Holonyms ("T" is a substance of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
Context examples:
Your airs are funny now, but you'll grow up an affected little goose, if you don't take care.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
If the label says don't give to children under a certain age or weight, don't do it.
(Medicines and Children, Food and Drug Administration)
But don't tell him so, for it makes him very violent.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Researchers don't fully understand how acupuncture works.
(Acupuncture, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
Also called AC-T and AC-Taxol regimen.
(AC-T regimen, NCI Dictionary)
"Don't speak of it, I beg of you," replied the Woodman.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
“Well, if we can’t we can’t,” said Holmes, cheerfully.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, I don’t insist upon it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Because I am a bigger bit of the ferment than you? Don’t you see? Don’t you see?”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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