"TIM" meaning in English

See TIM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /tɪm/
enPR: tĭm Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} TIM
  1. (British) A nickname for the speaking clock. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-name-bTMRqWkO Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɪm/ Forms: TIMs [plural]
enPR: tĭm Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: Abbreviation. * (trans-identified male): when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim. Etymology templates: {{sense|trans-identified male}} (trans-identified male): Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TIM (countable and uncountable, plural TIMs)
  1. (usually derogatory, offensive, dysphemistic) Initialism of trans-identified male. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, offensive, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: trans-identified male Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Transgender, Transphobia Coordinate_terms (trans-identified male): TIF
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-MaBOO8hP Disambiguation of Biochemistry: 3 47 3 10 4 34 Disambiguation of Transgender: 3 77 9 3 1 7 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 2 83 6 3 1 6 Categories (other): English dysphemisms, English dysphemisms Disambiguation of English dysphemisms: 5 57 16 9 2 12 Disambiguation of 'trans-identified male': 93 2 1 1 3
  2. (electronics) Initialism of time interval meter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: time interval meter Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-yQIZfNQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 13 36 17 2 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 14 38 16 3 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 38 18 2 24 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: triosephosphateisomerase
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-~~dfP7h6
  4. Abbreviation of time-in-minutes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: time-in-minutes Synonyms: TiM, T-I-M, T-i-M, T.I.M.
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-3NVLGJ8n
  5. (cytology) Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-TIM-en-noun-7zTBtkHq Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: TiM Coordinate_terms: TDC [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], TOC [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences], TIC [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences], TOM [cytology, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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