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Tet
Definitions
- 1 Tetrahedral. not-comparable
- 1 Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
"1981, Mimi Holtzman, TET: celebrating the Vietnamese New Year, Voices in Educational Transition, 114"
- 2 The Tet Offensive, in the Vietnam War.
- 1 Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 Clipping of tetracycline. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
"I was on oral tet for months after I was first dx backn in '88. All I got from it was a very, very nasty and upset GI track. I had to stop it."
- 3 The tetralogy of Fallot. informal, uncountable
- 4 A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.). informal
"Tets are 44-chromosome conversions from 22-chromosome diploids, created by elaborate means involving colchicine, a chemical found naturally in crocuses. Only a tet can pollinate a tet, but some tets can pollinate themselves."
- 5 A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.
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- 6 Clipping of tetradrachm. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"I've bought a couple of Greek tets that must have been dipped because all the toning is off them. They're white, but otherwise nice. Other tets I've bought have been cleaned as well but have more gray and other coloring and therefore look better."
- 7 A tetra (freshwater fish). informal
"All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine. There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span."
- 8 Clipping of tetanus. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"“It's a tet shot,” Roddy told him, relieved. A tetanus injection was the usual thing for a cut or puncture wound on a horse."
- 9 Obsolete form of teat. alt-of, obsolete
"The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow."
- 10 An ancient Egyptian symbol of the god Osiris, in form a small pillar with a number of flat sections towards the top.
"To develop the higher mind one must first lower himself to raise the serpent, or set up the Tet pillar of Osiris."
- 11 Initialism of tetraethyltin. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th wordnet
- 13 A patient with tetralogy of Fallot. countable, informal
- 14 Initialism of transparency-enhancing tool. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"TETs of the first and last categories are also called ex-ante TETs, as they provide transparency of any intended data processing to the data subjects before they are releasing any personal data."
- 15 Initialism of thymic epithelial tumor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"TETs were classified according to Müller-Hermelink and co-workers [15, 19]."
- 16 Initialism of targeted energy transfer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Moreover, we demonstrate that SMRs are related to relaxation oscillations of the corresponding averaged dynamical flows (the slow flows of the dynamics), and in fact, one can regard SMRs as a form of repetitive TETs under the action of persistent periodic forcing."
Etymology
See teth.
Clipping of tetracycline.
Clipping of tetralogy.
Clipping of tetraploid.
Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.
Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.
Clipping of tetradrachm.
Clipping of tetra.
Clipping of tetanus.
See teat.
Borrowed from Vietnamese Tết.
See also for "tet"
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