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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ti mean? 

• TI (noun)
  The noun TI has 3 senses:

1. a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

2. shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

3. the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

  Familiarity information: TI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 22; Ti; titanium

Hypernyms ("Ti" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Holonyms ("Ti" is a substance of...):

ilmenite (a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium)

rutile (a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cordyline terminalis; ti

Hypernyms ("ti" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("ti" is a member of...):

Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

si; te; ti

Hypernyms ("ti" is a kind of...):

solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)

 Context examples 

“And it’s you that asks me! ’Tis not what I mean, but what the Wolf ’ll mean. The Wolf, I said, the Wolf!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“'Tis only from James, however,” as she looked at the direction.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Tis: Carcinoma in situ: intraepithelial tumor without invasion of the lamina propria.

(Gastric Antrum Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

'Tis but to bear me out in what I say to my father.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“'Tis an etiquette I despise,” said he.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Dennin answered, "'Tis very simple. I was thinkin'—" But she hushed him abruptly, asked him to wait, and hurried to Hans's bedside.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Tis: Carcinoma in situ: intraepithelial or invasion of lamina propria.

(Cecum Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile by flagella and mediates the horizontal gene transfer of its Ti plasmid to infect plants.

(Agrobacterium tumefaciens, NCI Thesaurus)

'Tis she!' cried Count Gustave, and fell at her feet in an ecstasy of joy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“'Tis like to be long,” said Mr. Peggotty, in a low voice, “afore the boat finds new tenants. They look upon 't, down heer, as being unfortunate now!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)