T
Ellipsis of T-shirt.
Entries starting with T
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T-beam
A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
T-carrier
The generic designator for several digitally multiplexed signal carrier systems.
T-minus
phraseAviation maintenance
Specifies the remaining time until some future event such as a takeoff or encounter commences.
T-ray
An electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the properties of, short radio waves and long infrared waves, generally in the 0.1 to 10 terahertz (THz) band of frequencies.
T-shirt
A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
T-top
nounAutomotive
An automobile roof with a removable panel on each side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.
TA
Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
TaaS
nounAutomotive
Abbreviation of transportation as a service.
tabernacle
A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
table
To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
tablework
Typesetting of tabular matter.
tabling
nounCarpentry
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
tabloid
A paper size 11 × 17 inches (279 × 432 millimetres) in dimensions.
tack
A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
tackifier
nounManufacturing
A tackiness agent; a substance which is added in order to increase tack.
tacking
nounManufacturing
Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
tackle block
A pulley over which a rope runs.
tackler
A person who repairs weaving looms.
taffetized
adjectiveManufacturing
Given a texture resembling that of taffeta.
taft
verbPlumbing
To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange.
tag strip
Solder tags/lugs on a strip used to connect wires by soldering.
tail
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
tail cone
A cone-shaped piece on the tail of a jet or aeroplane where exhaust escapes.
tailfin
nounAutomotive
A fin-like projection at the rear of a car, common on American cars of the 1950s.
tailgate
A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.
tailhole
nounManufacturing
An opening in a garment for a tail to go through.
tailings
The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
tailor's ham
A tightly stuffed pillow used as a curved mold when pressing curved areas of clothing.
tailpiece
An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
tailpipe
nounAutomotive
An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
tailspin
The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
take
The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
take up
To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.
takeoff
The removal of sheets from the press.
taker-off
A person employed to unhook the wagons at self-acting inclines.
takt time
nounManufacturing
On a production line, the average production time per unit that is necessary to meet customer demand.
talk time
A prepaid amount of time on the bill agreement of a mobile phone.
tamper
nounRail equipment
A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
tamping machine
A self-propelled rail-mounted machine used to pack or tamp ballast under railway tracks; a ballast tamper.
tang
To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
tangent
adjectiveRail equipment
Straight; not horizontally curved.
tank
nounRail equipment
Ellipsis of tank engine or tank locomotive.
tank car
nounRail equipment
A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
tank wagon
nounRail equipment
A rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases.
tankage
Waste matter from tanks, especially the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.
tanker
An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
tap
A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
tape
A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
tape out
To complete the design of an integrated circuit so that the photomask can be sent out for fabrication.
tapeless
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Not using or requiring the medium of tape, such as audio or video tape.
taper
nounMachining
Ellipsis of machine taper.
taphole
nounMetallurgy
In a blast furnace, a hole which molten metal or slag is tapped off through.
tapper
In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
tapping
A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
tar boil
nounConstruction
A small bubble or blister in the flood coat of an aggregate-surfaced built-up membrane
Targa top
nounAutomotive
A semiconvertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full-width roll bar behind the seats.
target
nounSurveying
The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
tarmac
The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
tartan
A type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.