"TE" meaning in English

See TE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: TEs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TE (plural TEs)
  1. (astronautics) Initialism of transporter-erector. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: transporter-erector Categories (topical): Astronautics, Space
    Sense id: en-TE-en-noun-sTamhMP8 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (genetics) Initialism of transposable element. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: transposable element Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: jumping gene, transposon
    Sense id: en-TE-en-noun-5EtEWQUs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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