* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Meanings
The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees. 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch. 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa". 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
Something shaped like the letter T.
angles and tees
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
gl te (name of the letter T, t) · cy ti (name of the letter T, t) · ast te (name of the letter T, t) · es te (name of the letter T, t) · tl ta (Abakada) (name of the letter T, t) · hi टी (name of the letter T, t) · fr té (name of the letter T, t) · ar تِي (name of the letter T, t) · is té (name of the letter T, t) · tr te (name of the letter T, t) · ko 티 (name of the letter T, t) · ga té (name of the letter T, t) · bg те (name of the letter T, t) · haw tī (name of the letter T, t) · ms ti (name of the letter T, t) · ca te (name of the letter T, t) · la tē (name of the letter T, t) · vi tờ (name of the letter T, t) · eo to (name of the letter T, t) · akz tìika (name of the letter T, t) · ga tinne (name of the letter T, t) · bn টি (name of the letter T, t) · ga teithne (name of the letter T, t) · cs té (name of the letter T, t) · mr टी (name of the letter T, t) · ru ти (name of the letter T, t) · ja ティー (name of the letter T, t) · ru тэ (name of the letter T, t) · id te (name of the letter T, t) · pt tê (name of the letter T, t) · my တီ (name of the letter T, t) · io te (name of the letter T, t) · vi tê (name of the letter T, t) · tl ti (name of the letter T, t) · oc te (name of the letter T, t) · th ที (name of the letter T, t) · sv te (name of the letter T, t) · fi tee (name of the letter T, t) · el τι (name of the letter T, t)
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Meanings
To redirect output to multiple destinations.
[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […] 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Meanings
A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final. 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:
tl puntod (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · is teigur (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · ru мише́нь (curling: target area) · ru ме́тка (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · is tí (golf: peg) · nl afslagplaats (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · sv peg (golf: peg) · mi tī (golf: peg) · nl tee (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · de Tee (golf: peg) · sv golfpeg (golf: peg) · sv utslagsplats (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · fi tee (curling: target area) · sv tee (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · sv tee (curling: target area) · ru ко́лышек (golf: peg) · fi tii (golf: peg) · de Abschlag (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · fi tiiauspaikka (golf: ground for hitting first shots)
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Meanings
To place a ball on a tee
If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits. 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf: