TLI

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A form of trans-lunar injection — A maneuver that moves a spacecraft from orbit around the Earth onto a trajectory towards the Moon.

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Meanings

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismaerospaceInitialism of trans-lunar injection.
  2. abbreviationinitialismimmunologyInitialism of trypsin-like immunoreactivity.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of theoretical lethality index.

    In 1964, Dupuy developed the “Theoretical Lethality Index” (TLI), which calculated the lethal capacity of weapons across time. The TLI table showed how many persons a soldier with a weapon could theoretically kill in one hour.

    2021 October 20, Jennifer Tucker, “Now that guns can kill hundreds in minutes, Supreme Court should rethink the rights question”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022

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APA

TLI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TLI

MLA

“TLI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TLI. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “TLI,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TLI.

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