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name
Initialism of Trains Entering Terminal Stations: a failsafe device for stopping trains that are entering a station at the end of a railway line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: railway
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noun
plural of tet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Abbreviation of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
A bottle or serving of Tetley's beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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History
Clipping of Tetley's, the brewery which formerly produced the beer, from Tetley + -'s (possessive suffix).
