tets
tets is the plural of tet.
Meaning of tet
Noun (1)
tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)
- The tetralogy of Fallot.
- A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.
Noun (2)
tet (plural tets)
- A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).
- Tets are 44-chromosome conversions from 22-chromosome diploids, created by elaborate means involving colchicine, a chemical found naturally in crocuses. Only a tet can pollinate a tet, but some tets can pollinate themselves.2017, Susan Brownmiller, “Daylily Dreams”, in My City Highrise Garden, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 84
Noun (3)
tet (plural tets)
Noun (4)
tet (plural tets)
- A tetra (freshwater fish).
- All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet)
- All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
Noun (1) capitalized: TETS
TETS
- Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients.
- TETS however, has the problems of fluctuation of coupling factor and load resistance. TETS must be controlled to ensure stable power transmission.2006, Hidekazu Miura, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Tadakuni Sato, “Primary Power Factor Controlled Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System”, in Future Medical Engineering Based on...
- The internal unit and TETS coil were implanted into subcutaneous space at the abdominal wall.2007, Ryohei Saisho, Takuya Ohsugi, Masaya Watada, Yong-Jae Kim, Katsuhiro Ohuchi, Setsuo Takatani, Yong-su Um, “The re-design of Transformer portion in Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System for...
- Abbreviation of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine.
- TETS binds noncompetitively and irreversibly to GABA receptors on neuronal cell membranes and blocks chloride channels.2011, Gary Strange, William Ahrens, Robert Schafermeyer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition, →ISBN
- We characterized TETS as an activator of spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations and electrical burst discharges in mouse hippocampal neruonal cultures at 1317 days in vitro using FLIPR Fluo-4 fluorescence measurements and extracellular microelectrode array recording.2013, GABA Receptors—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN
Proper noun capitalized: TETS
TETS
- Initialism of Trains Entering Terminal Stations: a failsafe device for stopping trains that are entering a station at the end of a railway line.
- The driver had three hundred quid in his pocket when he died - he was going to put a deposit on a car for his daughter after his shift. That's not the action of a suicide. I suppose some good came out of it, with TETS.2011, Christopher Fowler, Bryant and May Off the Rails, →ISBN, page 128
- The accident led to the introduction of TETS, or Trains Entering Terminal Stations (London Underground) or alternatively Moorgate Control (National Rail), named after the disaster and introduced on all dead-end terminal stations.2015, Richard M. Jones, End of the Line - The Moorgate Disaster, →ISBN, page 166
Noun (2) capitalized: TETs
TETs
- plural of TET
Noun (3) capitalized: Tets
Tets (plural Tets)
- A bottle or serving of Tetley's beer.
- A good pint of Tetleys pulled through the auto vac system, which meant pulling three or four pints to create a single pint, was second to none. Outside Yorkshire, and going south, this system was used infrequently and, consequently, a pint of Tets served elsewhere would be very ordinary.1990 October 6, Osman, “Re: The North - South Divide”, in free.uk.pubs (Usenet)
Forms of tets
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Origin of tets
Clipping of Tetley's, the brewery which formerly produced the beer, from Tetley + -'s (possessive suffix).
Phrases with tets
Questions about tets
- What does tets mean?
- Tets means a bottle or serving of Tetley's beer.
- What is tets the plural of?
- Tets is the plural of tet.
- What part of speech is tets?
- Tets can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tets?
- The plural of tets is Tets.
Words near tets in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tets (page history and authors); TETS (page history and authors); TETs (page history and authors); Tets (page history and authors); tet (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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