Tets

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Trains Entering Terminal Stations: a failsafe device for stopping trains that are entering a station at the end of a railway line. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The driver had three hundred quid in his pocket when he died - he was going to put a deposit on a car for his daughter after his shift. That's not the action of a suicide. I suppose some good came out of it, with TETS."

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tet form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "TETS however, has the problems of fluctuation of coupling factor and load resistance. TETS must be controlled to ensure stable power transmission."

  3. 3
    plural of TET form-of, plural
  4. 4
    A bottle or serving of Tetley's beer. UK, informal

    "A good pint of Tetleys pulled through the auto vac system, which meant pulling three or four pints to create a single pint, was second to none. Outside Yorkshire, and going south, this system was used infrequently and, consequently, a pint of Tets served elsewhere would be very ordinary."

  5. 5
    Abbreviation of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine. abbreviation, alt-of

    "TETS binds noncompetitively and irreversibly to GABA receptors on neuronal cell membranes and blocks chloride channels."

Etymology

Clipping of Tetley's, the brewery which formerly produced the beer, from Tetley + -'s (possessive suffix).

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