t.

Definitions of t.
  1. noun
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
    synonyms: t, tijd
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    Quartair
    last 2 million years
    Alluvium
    approximately the last 10,000 years
    Pleistoceen
    from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
    Plioceen
    from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
    Mioceen
    from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
    Oligoceen
    from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
    Eoceen
    from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
    Mesozoïcum
    from 230 million to 63 million years ago
    Krijtperiode
    from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
    Jura
    from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
    Trias
    from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity
    Perm
    from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles
    Carboon
    from 345 million to 280 million years ago
    Devoon
    from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
    Siluur
    from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals
    Cambrium
    from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
    Precambrium
    the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago
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    wereldtijd, zonetijd
    the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
    verleden
    the time that has elapsed
    eeuwigheid, futurum, hiernamaals, toekomst
    the time yet to come
    continuum, continuüm
    a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
    G.T., Greenwich-tijd, Greenwichtijd
    the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
    eeuwigheid, oneindigheid
    time without end
    maat, ritmiek
    the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
    andropauze, climacterium, menopauze, penopauze
    the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
    andropauze, climacterium, menopauze, penopauze
    a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
    solstitium, zomerpunt, zonnestilstand, zonnewende
    either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
    aequinoctium, dag-en-nachtevening, equinox, nachtevening
    either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
    eeuw, era, tijd, tijdperk, tijdvak
    a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
    eeuw, era, tijd, tijdperk, tijdvak
    a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
    vierkwartsmaat
    a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
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    attribuut, eigenschap, hoedanigheid, propriëteit
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  2. noun
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
    synonyms: t, temp, temp., temperatuur
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    smeltpunt, smelttemperatuur, vriespunt
    the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
    kookpunt
    the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
    binnentemperatuur, kamertemperatuur
    the normal temperature of room in which people live
    gepruttel
    temperature just below the boiling point
    lichaamstemperatuur, temperatuur
    temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
    kou, koude, ondertemperatuur
    the absence of heat
    branden, gloeien, hitte
    the presence of heat
    kilheid, kou, koude
    coldness due to a cold environment
    koelte
    the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
    warmte
    the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
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