English Words Starting With T

• tane

  nounVery low
  /teɪn/Dialectal or archaic past participle of 'take', meaning to have seized or received something.
• tanen taunggyi

  nounVery Low
  /ˌtɑːnən ˈtaʊŋdʒiː/A proper noun referring to a specific place name in Myanmar (Burma), likely a location or geographical feature.
• taney

  nounVery Low
  /ˈteɪni/A surname of Irish origin, historically associated with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of the United States.
• taneyev

  nounRare
  /ˈtæn.jɛf/A surname of a prominent Russian composer and pianist, Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915).
• tang

  nounverb-transitiveC1
  /tæŋ/A strong, sharp taste, smell, or flavor; also a projecting part or prong.
• tang ping

  nounLow to Medium in global discourse; high frequency in discussions of modern Chinese youth culture, sociology, and political economy.
  /ˌtæŋ ˈpɪŋ/A contemporary Chinese socio-cultural concept describing a conscious choice to opt out of the exhausting rat race, embracing a low-effort, low-desire lifestyle to avoid societal pressures of success and ambition.
• tanga

  nounLow
  /ˈtæŋɡə/A minimal style of underwear consisting of a narrow strip of fabric at the back and a triangular front.
• tanganyika

  nounC2
  /ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə/A historical country in East Africa (1916–1964), and now the mainland territory of Tanzania, named after Lake Tanganyika.
• tangata maori

  nounC2
  /tɑːŋɑːtə ˈmaʊri/A Maori person, a person of the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
• tangata tiriti

  nounC2
  N/AA non-Māori New Zealander, specifically one who belongs in New Zealand by right of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi). Literally 'people of the treaty'.
• tangata whenua

  nounLow
  /tɑːŋɑːtə ˈfɛnʊə/The indigenous people of a place, specifically the Māori people of New Zealand.
• tange

  nounVery Low
  /tændʒ/A narrow projecting point or strip of land; a spit or small peninsula.
• tangelo

  nounC1
  /ˈtændʒɪləʊ/A hybrid citrus fruit, a cross between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a grapefruit or pomelo.
• tangency

  nounLow
  /ˈtæn.dʒən.si/The state or condition of touching something at a single point without intersecting.
• tangent

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈtændʒənt/A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a single point without crossing it.
• tangent galvanometer

  nounC2 / Very Low Frequency / Technical Niche
  /ˌtæn.dʒənt ˌɡæl.vəˈnɒm.ɪ.tə/A historical scientific instrument used to measure electric current by measuring the angle of deflection (tangent of the angle) of a magnetic needle placed at the center of a circular coil of wire when a current flows through it.
• tangent line

  nounC1
  /ˈtæn.dʒənt ˌlaɪn/A straight line that touches a curve or surface at a single point without crossing it at that point.
• tangent plane

  nounLow
  /ˈtæn.dʒənt pleɪn/A plane that touches a curved surface at exactly one point, sharing the same direction as the surface at that point.
• tangential motion

  nounC2
  /tænˈdʒɛn.ʃəl ˈməʊ.ʃən/Movement that is not directed toward the center of a rotational path but instead along a line that touches the curve at a single point, perpendicular to the radius at that point.
• tangerine

  adjectivenounB1
  /ˌtæn.dʒəˈriːn/A small, sweet citrus fruit with a loose, easy-to-peel orange skin, similar to a mandarin.

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