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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 relatively flat region of terrain, particularly in reference to surrounding terrain.
- Mesa, mesa-like.
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| tabular |
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adjective - having a flat, plane surface
- organized as a table or list
- calculated by means of a table
- (geology) tending to split into thin flat pieces, such as slate
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| talus |
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noun (tal, i)
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
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| tar sand |
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noun (wikipedia, tar stands)
- (geology) oil sand
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| tectonics |
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noun
- (geology) the study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
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| tektite |
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noun
- A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth.
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| tephra |
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noun - (geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas
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| terrain |
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noun
- (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- An area of land or the particular features of it.
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| Tertiary |
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noun - (geology) The first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared
adjective - (geology) Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared
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| Tethys |
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proper noun
- (italbrac-colon, Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
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| thrust |
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noun
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his and yelled, "Thief!"
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- (figurative) The primary effort; the goal.
- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main was really sex education.
verb (inf=to thrust, thrusts, thrusting, thrust)
- (intransitive) To make advance with force
- Noun, force.
- We at the enemy with our forces.
- (transitive) To force
- Verb, force something upon someone.
- I asked her not to the responsibility on me.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- He his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
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| till |
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noun
- A cash register
verb
- (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc).
- (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegatation and crops.
- (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
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| transform fault |
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noun - (geology) A geological fault (a form of strike-slip fault) found in mid-ocean ridges in which displacement undergoes a sudden change in direction
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| tufa |
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noun
- the calcareous deposit of lime found near hot springs
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