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Ti 1
The symbol for titanium.
Ti 2
abbr. Bible
Titus
ti 1
(tē)n. Music
The seventh tone in the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
[Alteration of si.]
ti 2
(tē)n. pl. tis
A tropical ornamental shrub (Cordyline fruticosa) native to Southeast Asia and Polynesia, having a terminal tuft of long narrow leaves and panicles of white, yellowish, or reddish flowers.
[Tahitian and Maori tī.]
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ti
(tiː)n
(Music, other) music a variant spelling of te
ti
(tiː)n, pl tis
1. (Plants) a woody palmlike agave plant, Cordyline terminalis, of the East Indies, having white, mauve, or reddish flowers. The sword-shaped leaves are used for garments, fodder, thatch, etc, and the root for food and liquor
2. (Plants) a similar and related plant, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand
[of Polynesian origin]
Ti
the chemical symbol for
(Elements & Compounds) titanium
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ti1
(ti)n., pl. tis.
the musical syllable used for the seventh tone of the ascending diatonic scale.
[1835–45; substituted for si to avoid confusion with the sharp of sol. See gamut]
ti2
(ti)n., pl. tis.
any of various Australasian trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline, of the agave family.
[1830–40; < Polynesian; compare Maori, Samoan ti]
Ti
Chem. Symbol.
titanium.
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Ti
The symbol for titanium.
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| Noun | 1. |  Ti - a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmeniteaeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" 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. 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 |
| 2. | ti - 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 Cordyline, genus Cordyline - Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants | |
| 3. | ti - the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization |
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[tiː] N (Mus) → si mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[tiː] n (Mus) → si m invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995