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tare | t |

T is likely misspelled.


T has no English definition.

As a noun tare

is a vetch, or the seed of a vetch.

As a verb tare

is to take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.

tare

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
  • (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
  • * Matthew 13:25 (KJV)
    • But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
  • * 1985 , John Fowles, A Maggot :
    • I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) tare, from (etyl) tara, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (tare weight) (en noun)
  • The empty weight of a container.
    • See also
    * cloff * gross * net * tret

    Verb

    (tar)
  • (chiefly, business, and, legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in merchandise.
  • * 1886 , Records of the History, Laws, Regulations, and Statistics of the Tobacco Trade of the United Kingdom , p. 86,
    • he is to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty.
  • (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
  • * 2003 , Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math , CSHL Press, p. 63,
    • Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
    Synonyms
    * (to set a zero value) zero
    Usage notes
    * In measuring instruments other than balances, this process is usually called (term).

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (tear)

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) (Tare sauce)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

    • References

    Anagrams

    * ----

    t

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=s, next=u, image= (wikipedia t)

    Letter

  • The twentieth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (tau) * (te) * Turned:

    Symbol

    (Voiceless alveolar plosive) (head)
  • voiceless alveolar plosive.
  • time
  • tonne

    • Usage notes

    * As a symbol meaning "time", t is italicised in print; for example, "the position at time t'' is ''x ".

    Noun

    (head)
  • (LISP) The atom representing true, as opposed to nil.

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=T , NATO=Tango , Morse=– , Character=T , Braille=? }} Image:Latin T.png, Capital and lowercase versions of T , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter T.png, Uppercase and lowercase T in Fraktur File:Latin_alphabet_Tt.svg, Uppercase and lowercase T in sans-serif and serif font ----