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noun
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- The children were practising multiplication tables.
- Don"t you know your tables?
- Here is a of natural logarithms.
- (computing) A lookup table, most often a vector.
- (musical instruments) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
verb (tabl, ing)
- To put on a table.
- (context, UK, Canadian English) To propose for discussion (from to put on the table)
- The legislature tabled the amendment, so we will start discussing it now.
- To delay, or permanently postpone a motion before a meeting.
- The motion was tabled ensuring that it would not be taken until a later date.
- To hold back to a later time; to postpone.
- The legislature tabled the amendment, so we will not be discussing it until later.
- To tabulate; to put into a table.
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noun
- a ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece
- (architecture) a band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order
- (anatomy) any ribbon-like band of tissue
- (biology) a tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus Taenia
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| tailbone |
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noun (plural tailbones)
- The coccyx.
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noun (tal, i)
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
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| temple |
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noun
- The region of the skull on either side of the forehead.
- A building for worship.
- "A temple of Zeus."
- (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
- (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
- Something regarded as holding religious presence.
- Something of importance; something attended to.
- My body is my temple.
- (Ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
- (obsolete) a body
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| tendon |
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noun
- (anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
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| tensor |
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noun
- A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
- (algebra) the image of a tuple under a tensor product map
- (topology) a function of several variables which is a product of a number of functions of one variable, one for each variable, each of which is linear in that variable
- (physics) a matrix of matrices
verb
- To compute the tensor product of something with something else
adjective
- Of or relating to tensors
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| thalamus |
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noun (thalami or thalamuses)
- (anatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
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| thenar |
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noun
- (archaic) the palm of the hand or sole of the foot
- 1922: the parts of the human anatomy most sensitive to cold being the nape, stomach, and or sole of foot? " James Joyce, Ulysses
- the ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it
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| thigh |
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noun
- (anatomy) The upper leg, between the hip and the knee.
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| thighbone |
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noun
- the bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur
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| thrombocyte |
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noun
- (cytology) A blood platelet.
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| thumb |
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noun
- The short thick digit of the human hand that has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- (computing) The part of a slider that may be moved up and down or along the slider.
verb
- (transitive) To touch with the .
- (transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
- I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
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| thymic |
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adjective
- of, or relating to the herb thyme
- of, or relating to the thymus gland
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| thymus |
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noun (thymuses)
- (context, anatomy, immunology) A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes.
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| thyroid |
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noun (plural thyroids)
- The thyroid gland.
- The thyroid cartilage.
- A preparation obtained from the thyroid gland.
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| thyroid gland |
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noun
- (anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones. Removal due to thyroid cancer is termed a total thyroidectomy.
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| tibia |
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noun (pl2=tibiae)
- (context, anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
- (context, zoology) A segment of an insect's leg.
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| toenail |
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noun
- The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe
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| trunk |
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noun
- The (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- A large suitcase, usually requiring two persons to lift and with a hinged lid.
- torso, Torso.
- The extended and articulated nose or nasal organ of an elephant.
- (context, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
- (context, US, telecommunications) A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
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| tuber |
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noun (tubers)
- A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
- (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".
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| turbinal |
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noun
- (anatomy) A turbinate bone.
adjective
- Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
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| turbinate |
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noun
- (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
adjective
- Shaped or spinning like a top.
- In the shape of a coil.
- (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.
- (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
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| twig |
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noun
- a small thin branch of a tree or bush
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