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  • texas instruments — (company)   (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. The COOL and OATH C++ class libraries were developed at TI, as were PDL2 and the ASC computer, PC-Scheme and Texas Instruments Pascal.
  • textual criticism — lower criticism.
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the lower mammals — relatively simple or primitive mammals
  • the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
  • the metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • the new jerusalem — the de facto capital of Israel (recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills: became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc; taken by the Romans in 63 bc; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Pop: 693 200 (2003 est)
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the smallest room — a euphemistic way of referring to the room the lavatory
  • the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
  • the-metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
  • three mile island — an island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
  • three-course meal — A three-course meal is a meal that consists of three parts served one after the other.
  • three-dimensional — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
  • threshing machine — a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
  • to make sth clear — If you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be any doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions.
  • to read sb's mind — If you can read someone's mind, you know what they are thinking without them saying anything.
  • tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
  • trans-mississippi — across or beyond the Mississippi River.
  • transcendentalism — transcendental character, thought, or language.
  • transdermal patch — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
  • transformationist — transformist.
  • transmission line — a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.
  • tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
  • trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
  • trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • ultimate strength — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
  • ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
  • uncircumscribable — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • uniformitarianism — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
  • universal grammar — a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages.
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • used-car salesman — a person who sells used cars
  • user brain damage — (humour)   (UBD) A description (usually abbreviated) used to close a trouble report obviously due to utter cluelessness on the user's part. Compare pilot error; opposite: PBD; see also brain-damaged, PEBCAK.
  • vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
  • valetudinarianism — the state, condition, or habits of a valetudinarian.
  • valsalva maneuver — a forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis that decreases intrathoracic pressure, hampering venous return to the heart, and that can be used to inflate the Eustachian tubes and adjust pressure in the middle ear.
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • velaric airstream — a current of mouth air produced by the action of the tongue, operant in forming click sounds.
  • vestibular system — the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
  • visually impaired — (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.
  • waist measurement — a measure of the circumference of the narrowest part of a person's waist
  • war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
  • wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
  • warm-up exercises — preparatory exercises done to warm up the muscles
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