"TMI" meaning in English

See TMI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} TMI
  1. Initialism of Three Mile Island. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Three Mile Island
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-name-PeTStCFN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 33 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 13 1 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 13 1 30 2 33

Noun

Forms: TMIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TMI (countable and uncountable, plural TMIs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of trimethylindium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: trimethylindium
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-noun-cIYn1hOg Categories (other): Organic compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Indium Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 33 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 13 1 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 13 1 30 2 33 Disambiguation of Indium: 19 48 7 11 5 11 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (informal, colloquial) Initialism of too much information. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: too much information
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-noun-jcpB7bZv
  3. (psychology) Initialism of transmarginal inhibition. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: transmarginal inhibition
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-noun-8AV-Tzdi Categories (other): Psychology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 33 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 13 1 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 13 1 30 2 33 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  4. (video, color correction) Initialism of Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-noun-FTAW4CC3
  5. (astrodynamics) Initialism of trans-Mars injection. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: trans-Mars injection Coordinate_terms: TLI, MTO, LTO, GTO, GEO, GSO
    Sense id: en-TMI-en-noun-tD~nNirP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Astronautics, Mars (planet), Orbits Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 33 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 13 1 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 13 1 30 2 33 Disambiguation of Astronautics: 12 6 4 9 3 66 Disambiguation of Mars (planet): 19 8 4 14 11 44 Disambiguation of Orbits: 10 5 4 8 7 66

Inflected forms

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