TET

Tet

(noun) the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

TET (countable and uncountable, plural TETs)

(chemistry) Initialism of tetraethyltin.

(computing) Initialism of transparency-enhancing tool.

(medicine) Initialism of thymic epithelial tumor.

(physics) Initialism of targeted energy transfer.

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Etymology 1

Noun

tet (plural tets)

Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).

Etymology 2

Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

(informal, pharmaceutical drug) Clipping of tetracycline.

Etymology 3

Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

(uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.

(countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

Etymology 4

Noun

tet (plural tets)

(informal, horticulture) A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).

Etymology 5

Noun

tet (plural tets)

(geometry, engineering) A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.

Adjective

tet (not comparable)

(geometry, engineering) Tetrahedral.

Etymology 6

Noun

tet (plural tets)

(informal, numismatics) Clipping of tetradrachm.

Etymology 7

Noun

tet (plural tets)

(informal, fishkeeping) A tetra (freshwater fish).

Etymology 8

Noun

tet (plural tets)

(informal, disease) Clipping of tetanus.

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• ETT

Etymology

Proper noun

Tet

Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.

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• ETT

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