tet

plural tets

1. alternativeAlternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).

plural tets

1. abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountablemedicineClipping of tetracycline.

   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.

   1996 May 1, phyllis....@den.mmc.com, “Re: Tetracycline”, in sci.med.diseases.lyme (Usenet)

plural tets

1. informaluncountablemedicineThe tetralogy of Fallot.
2. countableinformalmedicineA patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

plural tets

1. informalagricultureA tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).

   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.

   2017, Susan Brownmiller, “Daylily Dreams”, in My City Highrise Garden, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 84

plural tets

1. engineeringA tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.

1. not comparableengineeringTetrahedral.

plural tets

1. abbreviationclippingnumismatic slangClipping of tetradrachm.

   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.

   2001 July 4, Reid Goldsborough, “Re: Language, numismatics, and curating”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet)

plural tets

1. informalA tetra (freshwater fish).

   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.

   1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet)

1. abbreviationclippinginformaluncountablemedicineClipping of tetanus.

   “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.

   1971, Adelaide Leitch, The Blue Roan, New York, NY: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, page 94

plural tets

1. obsoleteObsolete form of teat.

   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.

   [1780?], Nicholas Coxe, The Huntſman. Containing the Best Methods of Sport, for Courſing with Greyhounds, and Hunting All Kinds of Chases in England, […] , London: J. Dixwell, page 50

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

   1 more example

   2004, Ngọc Bích Nguyễn, Tet!: the Vietamese New Year, East Coast U.S.A. Vietnamese Pub. Consortium, 141

2. The Tet Offensive, in the Vietnam War.

plural Tets

1. 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.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 222

plural TETs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of tetraethyltin.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of transparency-enhancing tool.

   There are two classes of TETs that can be leveraged to identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to the lack of awareness on OSNs: user-side tools and provider-side tools.

   2014, Johannes Buchmann, Internet Privacy: Options for adequate realisation, →ISBN, page 75

   2 more examples

   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.

   2012, John R. Vacca, Computer and Information Security Handbook, →ISBN, page 767

   If we define transparency as insight in how user's data is being collected, stored, processed and disclosed, TETs can then be viewed as tools providing this insight in an accurate and comprehensible way.

   2015, Sanjay Goel, Yuan Hong, Vagelis Papakonstantinou, Smart Grid Security, →ISBN, page 111

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of thymic epithelial tumor.

   TETs were classified according to Müller-Hermelink and co-workers [15, 19].

   2012, Premkumar Christadoss, Myasthenia Gravis: Disease Mechanism and Immunointervention, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   We conducted a multicenter study to determine the activity and tolerability of this regimen in pretreated TETs.

   2012, Q. Ashton Acton, Antimetabolites: Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN

   Because of the role of the thymus in the immune system, TETs (thymomas more so than thymic carcinomas) are associated with autoimmune paraneoplastic syndromes, and a higher risk of second malignancies.

   2016, Sukhmani K. Padda, Bryan M. Burt, Heather A. Wakelee, “Management of Thymic Tumors”, in Handbook of Lung Cancer and Other Thoracic Malignancies, →ISBN, page 307

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenatural sciencesInitialism of targeted energy transfer.

   In an earlier work we showed computationally that it is possible to successfully employ nonlinear targeted energy transfers (TETs) for seismic mitigation.

   2008 June, F Nucera, FL Iacono, DM McFarland, LA Bergman, AF Vakakis, “Application of broadband nonlinear targeted energy transfers for seismic mitigation of a shear frame: Experimental results”, in Journal of Sound and Vibration, volume 313, numbers 1-2

   2 more examples

   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.

   2008, Alexander F. Vakakis, Oleg V. Gendelman, Lawrence A. Bergman, Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems, →ISBN

   We study complex damped and undamped dynamics and targeted energy transfers (TETs) in systems of coupled oscillators, consisting of single-degree-of-freedom pri.

   2009 September, YS Lee, F Nucera, AF Vakakis, DM McFarland, LA Bergman, “Periodic orbits, damped transitions and targeted energy transfers in oscillators with vibro-impact attachments”, in Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, volume 238, number 18