T (Noun)
Meaning 1
The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer.
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 3
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.
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Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Thymine is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA that is represented by the letter T.
- In DNA replication, adenine always pairs with thymine through hydrogen bonding.
- Thymine is not found in RNA, which contains uracil instead, but both can bind to adenine through hydrogen bonding.
- Thymine and adenine form a base pair with three hydrogen bonds.
- In the genetic code, adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine are complementary base pairs that follow Chargaff's rules.
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Meaning 4
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose).
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Nouns denoting substances.
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Meaning 5
A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 6
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine".
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Nouns denoting body parts.