TT
Dictionary entry overview: What does TT mean?
• TT (noun)
The noun TT has 3 senses:
1. (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
2. a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
3. a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
Familiarity information: TT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TT (noun)
Meaning:
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
ephemeris time; TDT; terrestrial dynamical time; terrestrial time; TT
Hypernyms ("TT" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Meaning:
A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Palau; Republic of Palau; TT
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Holonyms ("TT" is a part of...):
Belau; Palau; Palau Islands; Pelew (a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean)
Meaning:
A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Federated States of Micronesia; Micronesia; TT
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "TT"):
Nauru; Nauru Island; Pleasant Island (a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia west of the Gilbert Islands)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (a former British possession in Micronesia)
Kiribati; Republic of Kiribati (an island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator)
Ellice Islands; Tuvalu (a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii)
Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)
Caroline Islands (a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia east of the Philippines)
Ladrone Islands; Mariana Islands; Marianas (a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521)
Kolonia (capital of Micronesia)
Holonyms ("TT" is a part of...):
Micronesia (the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania)
