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Tensile StrengthnounMWEthe strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apartverified
Tent CaterpillarnounMWEthe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade treesverified
Tent FlapnounMWEflap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tentverified
Tenth Cranial NervenounMWEa mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceraverified
Terbium MetalnounMWEa separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosiumverified
Teres MusclenounMWEeither of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and armsverified
Term InsurancenounMWElow-cost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan valueverified
Term of a ContractnounMWEthe period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effectverified
Term PapernounMWEa composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school termverified
Terminal FigurenounMWE(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillarverified
Terminal servicesnounMWEA component of Microsoft Windows operating systems (both client and server versions) that allows a user to access applications or data stored on a remote computer over a network connection.verified
Terminal VelocitynounMWEthe constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravityverified
Terra AlbanounMWEa fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar)verified
Terra SigillatanounMWEearthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnosverified
Terrain IntelligencenounMWEtactical intelligence on the natural and man-made characteristics of an areaverified
Terrestrial GuidancenounMWEa method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational fieldverified
Territorial WatersnounMWEthe waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdictionverified
Terrorist ActnounMWEthe calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in natureverified
Terrorist AttacknounMWEa surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aimsverified
Terrorist GroupnounMWEa political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goalsverified
Terrorist OrganizationnounMWEa political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goalsverified
Test and EvaluationnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Develops and conducts tests of systems to evaluate compliance with specifications and requirements by applying principles and methods for cost-effective planning, evaluating, verifying, and validating of technical, functional, and performance characteristics (including interoperability) of systems or elements of systems incorporating information technology.verified
Test and Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV)nounMWEA framework for assessing, incorporating methods and metrics to determine that a technology or system satisfactorily meets its design specifications and requirements, and that it is sufficient for its intended use.verified
Test BannounMWEa ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weaponsverified
Test BednounMWEa place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditionsverified
test environmentnounMWEA controlled environment in which tests will be run on configuration items, builds, processes, IT services, etc.verified
Test PilotnounMWEa pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test themverified
Test plannounMWEA document that is based on the institution's test scope and objectives and includes various testing methods.verified
test resultnounMWEA formal document defining the subject of the test, the test plan, approach, analysis tools, and conclusions found during the testing process.verified
Test scenarionounMWEA potential event, identified as the operating environment for a business continuity or disaster recovery test, which the institution's recovery and resumption plan must address.verified
Test scriptsnounMWEDocuments that define the specific activities, tasks, and steps that test participants will conduct during the testing process.verified
Test strategynounMWETesting strategies establish expectations for individual business lines across the testing life cycle of planning, execution, measurement, reporting, and test process improvement. Testing strategies include the testing scope and objectives, which clearly define what functions, systems, or processes are going to be tested and what will constitute a successful test.verified
Test-Tube BabynounMWEa baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's bodyverified
Testamentary TrustnounMWEa trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor diesverified
Testimonial ImmunitynounMWEan exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incriminationverified