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Tetrasodium PyrophosphatenounMWEa sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergentsverified
Text EditornounMWE(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text filesverified
Text FilenounMWE(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII charactersverified
Textual CriticismnounMWEcomparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticityverified
Thalassemia MajornounMWEa fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobinverified
The process of both entities involved in a transaction verifying each other.nounMWESource: CNSSI-4009verified
Theater DirectornounMWEsomeone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a showverified
Theater in the RoundnounMWEa theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stageverified
Theater of the AbsurdnounMWEplays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointlessverified
Theater of WarnounMWEthe entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operationsverified
Theater PrompternounMWEsomeone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speechverified
Theatre DirectornounMWEsomeone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a showverified
Theatre of WarnounMWEthe entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operationsverified
Thecodont ReptilenounMWEpresumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birdsverified
Theological VirtuenounMWEaccording to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtuesverified
Theory of DissociationnounMWE(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions)verified
Theory of Electrolytic DissociationnounMWE(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions)verified
Theory of EvolutionnounMWE(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animalsverified
Theory of GamesnounMWE(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing playersverified
Theory of GravitationnounMWE(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between themverified
Theory of GravitynounMWE(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between themverified
Theory of IndicatorsnounMWE(chemistry) the theory that all indicators are either weak acids or weak bases in which the color of the ionized form is different from the color before dissociationverified
Theory of InheritancenounMWE(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generationsverified
Theory of PreformationnounMWEa theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cellverified
Theory of Punctuated EquilibriumnounMWEa theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow changeverified
Theory of RelativitynounMWE(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute conceptsverified
Therapeutic AbortionnounMWEa legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)verified
Therapeutic CloningnounMWEnuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplantverified
Thermal EquilibriumnounMWEa state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperatureverified
Thermal PollutionnounMWEharm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into themverified
Thermal PrinternounMWEa printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heatverified
Thermal ReactornounMWEa nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderatorverified
Thermal ResistornounMWEa semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperatureverified
Thermionic CurrentnounMWEan electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emissionverified
Thermionic TubenounMWEelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelopeverified
Thermionic ValvenounMWEelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelopeverified
Thermocouple JunctionnounMWEa kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both endsverified
Thermodynamics of EquilibriumnounMWEthe aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibriumverified
Thermoelectric ThermometernounMWEa thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperatureverified
Thermonuclear BombnounMWEa nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form heliumverified
Thermonuclear ReactornounMWEa nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energyverified