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T-unit

T-unit noun: the shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.

Noun

T-unit (plural T-units)

  1. The shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.

Forms of T-unit

pluralT-units

Origin of T-unit

Coined by Kellogg Hunt in 1965.

Questions about T-unit

What does T-unit mean?
T-unit means the shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.
What part of speech is T-unit?
T-unit is a noun.
What is the plural of T-unit?
The plural of T-unit is T-units.

Words near T-unit in the dictionary

  1. T-top
  2. T-tops
  3. T-Town
  4. T-tubule
  5. T-tubules
  6. T-unit
  7. T-units
  8. T-V distinction
  9. T-varieties
  10. T-variety
  11. T-wave

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