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Te- Te
- Tellerium is a rare, silvery-white, semi-metallic element which exhibits both metallic and non-metallic traits.
- Teak
- A strong and durable wood that doesn't shrink much and is comparatively easy to work.
- Tear Resistance
- The ability of a thin film, paper or textile to resist tearing.
- Teaspoon
- A convenient unit of capacity.
- tebibyte
- Equal to two to the power of forty bytes.
- Technetium
- A radioactive element not found in ores.
- Technical Report
- A document that discusses the technical issues of a subject.
- Tectonic Earthquakes
- Earthquakes resulting from sudden release of energy stored by major deformation of the Earth.
- Tee Joint
- A joint between two members located approximately at right angles to each other in the form of a T.
- Teflon
- Tradename for Polytetrafluoroethylene.
- Telescope
- Instrument used to focus electromagnetic radiation into an image.
- Telescoping Gauge
- A T-shaped gage used to measure the diameter or width of holes.
- Tellane
- Old name for Hydrogen I Telluride.
- Tellurium
- A rare, silvery-white, semi-metallic element which exhibits both metallic and non-metallic traits.
- Telodynamic Transmission
- The system of transmitting power over long distances by means of pulleys and wire ropes.
- TEM
- An abbreviation of Transmission Electron Microscope.
- Temper
- Reheating hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below the eutectoid temperature for the purpose of decreasing the hardness and increasing the toughness.
- Temper Colours
- The colours which appear on the surface of steel heated at low temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere.
- Temperature
- A measure as to whether two bodies are hot or cold relative to one another.
- Temperature Range
- The minimum to maximum temperature over which a piece of equipment will operate.
- Tempering
- Reheating a quench-hardened or normalized ferrous alloy to a temperature below the transformation range and then cooling at any rate desired.
- Tempo
- The speed of occurrence of the beats for a given metric structure.
- Temporal
- An adjective meaning "pertaining to time"
- Temporary Threshold Shift
- A temporary impairment of hearing acuity as indicated by a change in the threshold of audibility.
- Tenon Saw
- Fine-toothed hand saw used to cut tenons and other wood joints accurately.
- Tensile Strength
- The ultimate strength of a material prior to fracture when subjected to an increasing tension load.
- Tensile Stress
- Stress acting on the cross-sectional area of a body normal to the tension force acting on the body.
- tera
- Prefix representing a multiplication of 1012
- Teratogen
- A substance that can cause deformities in embryos. Dioxin is a teratogen.
- Terbium
- Used in the semiconductor industry as a dopant.
- Terminal
- A point at which electrical connections can easily be made or broken.
- Terminal Reaction
- A reaction that ends a cycle or chain of other chemical reactions.
- Terminal Side
- The side that the measurement of an angle ends at.
- Terminal Speed
- The speed obtained in free fall when the upward force of air resistance is equal
to the downward force of gravity.
- Termination Shock
- Particles from the Sun begin to slow and clash with matter from the sparse gas found between the stars.
- Terrestrial Planet
- One of four rocky planets found within the inner solar system.
- Tertiary Logic
- An experimental technology in which logic gates are based on three distinct voltage levels.
- Tesla
- The SI unit of magnetic flux density and equal to 1 weber per square metre.
- Tetrachloromethane
- Alternative name for Carbon Tetrachloride.
- Tetrad
- Unit of quantity equal to four.
- Tetrafluoromethane
CF4 Colourless and odourless gas, used in circuit board manufacture, manufacture of insulating materials and semiconductors. Also used as a low temperature refrigerant. - Tetrode
- A four-electrode tube or transistor.
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