TTR
UK/ˌtiː ˌtiː ˈɑː/US/ˌti ˌti ˈɑɹ/
TTR is the abbreviation of transthyretin.
TTR is the abbreviation of type-token ratio.
TTR is the abbreviation of to the rescue.
Meaning of transthyretin
Noun
transthyretin (countable and uncountable, plural transthyretins, abbreviation TTR)
- a protein found in human blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid that functions as a carrier of the thyroid hormone thyroxine and the retinol-binding protein
- Synonyms:
- prealbumin
Meaning of type-token ratio
Noun
type-token ratio (plural type-token ratios)
- The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus.
- We identify vocabulary richness by using a well-established measure of textual, lexical diversity (MTLD) which is often used in the field of automated essay grading. It takes into account the number of unique words but unlike the best-known measure of lexical diversity, the type-token ratio (TTR)...2023 October 30, Herbold et al., “A large-scale comparison of human-written versus ChatGPT-generated essays”, in Scientific Reports, volume 13, page 5
Forms of TTR
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Words that rhyme with TTR
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- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about TTR
- What is TTR the abbreviation of?
- TTR is the abbreviation of transthyretin.
- How do you pronounce TTR?
- TTR is pronounced /ˌtiː ˌtiː ˈɑː/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: TTR (page history and authors); transthyretin (page history and authors); type-token ratio (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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