"ET" meaning in English

See ET in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ETs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ET (countable and uncountable, plural ETs)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of Eastern Time (-5 hours to GMT). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Eastern Time (extra: -5 hours to GMT) Categories (topical): Astrobiology, Celestial inhabitants, Stock characters Translations (Eastern Time): HE (French), ET (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-U1tnDs3c Disambiguation of Astrobiology: 40 2 11 6 20 5 7 10 Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 45 2 14 4 15 5 5 9 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 48 1 15 3 16 4 4 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 1 15 4 15 4 4 10 Disambiguation of 'Eastern Time': 82 0 6 1 6 1 1 3
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of extraterrestrial. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: extraterrestrial
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-Fehveg7W
  3. (music, countable) Initialism of escape tone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: escape tone Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-8mpMIMA4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (physics, uncountable) Initialism of electron tunneling. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electron tunneling Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-pVvbAzie Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (medicine) Initialism of essential tremor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: essential tremor Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-Y50cwwCK Topics: medicine, sciences
  6. (medicine) Abbreviation of endotracheal or endotracheal tube. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: endotracheal or endotracheal tube Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ET-en-noun-hObVGbza Topics: medicine, sciences
  7. (travel, aviation) Initialism of electronic ticket. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electronic ticket Categories (topical): Aviation, Travel
  8. (travel, aviation, reservation system) End transaction, end of transaction (with transaction meaning an amendment in the reservation system in this sense). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation, Travel
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: EDT (english: Eastern Daylight Time) [time], EST (english: Eastern Standard Time) [time]

Inflected forms

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