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TI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ti" is a kind of...):
solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ti" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("ti" is a member of...):
Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
Synonyms:
atomic number 22; Ti; titanium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ti" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Domain category:
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
Holonyms ("Ti" is a substance of...):
ilmenite (a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium)
rutile (a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium)
Context examples:
I ought to have something into the bargain, said the countryman; give a fat goose for a pig, indeed! ‘Tis not everyone would do so much for you as that.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
And letting down the side-glass to distinguish, 'Tis Crawford's, Crawford's barouche, I protest!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
'Tis twelve; I shall not forget to think of you four hours hence; and by this time to-morrow, perhaps, or a little later, I may be thinking of the possibility of their all calling here. I am sure they will bring him soon.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
'Tis because you are an indifferent person, said Lucy, with some pique, and laying a particular stress on those words, that your judgment might justly have such weight with me. If you could be supposed to be biased in any respect by your own feelings, your opinion would not be worth having.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A new idea now darted into Catherine's mind, and turning as pale as her friend, she exclaimed, “'Tis a messenger from Woodston!”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“'Tis the point of La Tremblade!” he cried.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Stand by? ’Tis old fat Louis I stand by, an’ trouble enough it’ll be.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“'Tis too much!” she added, “by far too much. I do not deserve it. Oh! why is not everybody as happy?”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"I'm sorry to be troublin' you with me foolish spache," he said regretfully. "I mint nothin' by it. 'Tis a great day for Michael Dennin, an' he's as gay as a lark."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“All night long,” said Mr. Peggotty, “we have been together, Em'ly and me. “Tis little (considering the time) as she has said, in wureds, through them broken-hearted tears; 'tis less as I have seen of her dear face, as grow'd into a woman's at my hearth. But, all night long, her arms has been about my neck; and her head has laid heer; and we knows full well, as we can put our trust in one another, ever more.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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