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TMI

TMI is the initialism of trimethylindium.

TMI is the initialism of too much information.

TMI is the initialism of transmarginal inhibition.

TMI is the initialism of Temperature.

TMI is the initialism of trans-Mars injection.

TMI is the initialism of Three Mile Island.

Meaning of trimethylindium

Noun

trimethylindium (uncountable)

  1. The organometallic compound, (CH₃)₃In, used in vapor-phase epitaxy for the manufacture of semiconductors with the highest purity levels (99.99999%)

Meaning of too much information

Interjection

  1. (informal) An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
    • Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
    Synonyms:
    TMI
  2. (informal) An expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
  3. (Internet, informal) Introduces an expansion of a short answer with additional information that may be extraneous or unnecessary, hinting that it can be ignored if the short answer was sufficient.

Forms of TMI

pluralTMIs

Questions about TMI

What is TMI the initialism of?
TMI is the initialism of trimethylindium.

Words near TMI in the dictionary

  1. tmetic
  2. tmetically
  3. TMF
  4. tmg
  5. TMH
  6. TMI
  7. TMIs
  8. TMJ
  9. TMJD
  10. TMJDs
  11. TMJs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: TMI (page history and authors); trimethylindium (page history and authors); too much information (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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