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T

UK/tiː/ US/t/ very common informal uk

noun

1.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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2.

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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3.

a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms

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4.

a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes

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5.

the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet

6.

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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7.

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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  • s-t cut
  • Student's t
  • Student's t distribution
  • Student's t test
  • t distribution
  • t test

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