"T-piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: T-pieces [plural]
Etymology: From T (“capital letter”) + piece. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|T|piece|t1=capital letter}} T (“capital letter”) + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} T-piece (plural T-pieces)
  1. a pipe connector which forms a junction in the shape of a T. Translations (pipe connector): T-Stück [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-T-piece-en-noun-W1IPU-Jq Disambiguation of 'pipe connector': 90 10
  2. (video games) The tetromino in the shape of a T, as used in the video game Tetris. Categories (topical): Video games, Tetris
    Sense id: en-T-piece-en-noun-vQgmhudY Disambiguation of Tetris: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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