CTE
CTE is the initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
CTE is the initialism of coefficient of thermal expansion.
CTE is the initialism of common table expression.
CTE is the abbreviation of Central Expressway.
Meaning of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Noun
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)
- A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.
- Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome
Meaning of coefficient of thermal expansion
Noun
coefficient of thermal expansion (plural coefficients of thermal expansion)
- The fractional change in size of a material as it is heated through one degree
Forms of CTE
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Questions about CTE
- What is CTE the initialism of?
- CTE is the initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Words near CTE in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: CTE (page history and authors); chronic traumatic encephalopathy (page history and authors); coefficient of thermal expansion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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