T-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does T-shaped mean? 

• T-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective T-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. shaped in the form of the letter T

  Familiarity information: T-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• T-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped in the form of the letter T

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

 Context examples 

For example, the team made a gripper claw from a t-shaped mold.

(Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab, National Science Foundation)

A small, plastic T-shaped device that is placed inside the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman’s pelvis in which a fetus develops) to prevent pregnancy.

(Intrauterine device, NCI Dictionary)

A long-acting, hormone-releasing, intrauterine device consisting of a small, T-shaped, polyethylene frame and a reservoired synthetic progesterone with progestational and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System, NCI Thesaurus)