Standard Lemma guide

CT

adj · name · noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Initialism of contraterrene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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2

name

Meaning 2

Abbreviation of Connecticut: a state of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Central Time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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4

name

Meaning 4

Initialism of Coffin Texts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of computed tomography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tomography, imaging

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of computed tomography.

A CT scan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, especially

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tomography, imaging, tomogram, scan, image

7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of cold turkey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of cocktease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of camel toe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 10

Abbreviation of combat team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of Chlamydia trachomatis; chlamydia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 12

Initialism of cycle threshold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Qualifier: molecular biology

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Alternative form of Ct..

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Abbreviation of court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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15

verb

Meaning 15

To perform a CT scan on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 16

a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computerized tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: X-raying, X-radiation

17

noun

Meaning 17

a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: American state

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.