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TIFRAC TIFRAC (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator) was the first computer developed in India, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Initially a TIFR Pilot Machine was developed in the 1950s.
TIGCC TIGCC (Texas Instruments GNU C Compiler) is an Software Development Environment which allows developers to program and compile A68K Assembly, GNU Assembly, and C code for the Motorola 68000 Series Texas Instruments Graphing Calculators (TI-89, TI-89 Titanium, TI-92 Plus and Voyage 200, as well as experimental support for the TI-92 with the Fargo shell). TIGCC is licensed under the GPL License.
TIGR TIGR, abbreviation for Trst (Trieste), Istra (Istria), Gorica (Gorizia) and Reka (Rijeka (Fiume)), was the first antifascist national-defensive organization in Europe, consisting of Slovenians in Slovenian region of Primorje (Primorski Slovenci). It was active between 1927 and 1941.
TIHLDE TIHLDE (Trondheim IngeniørHøgskoles Linjeforening for Dannede EDB'ere) is a student union at Sør-Trøndelag University College, Faculty of Information Technology and E-learning. The college is located in Trondheim, Norway.
TILMA TILMA is the Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement between British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The agreement was signed on 28 April 2006, and provides a virtual economic union between the two provinces.
TIM barrel The TIM barrel is an extremely common protein fold consisting of eight α-helices and eight parallel β-strands that alternate along the peptide backbone. The structure is named after triosephosphateisomerase, the first protein discovered with this topology.
TIM Bulgaria TIM Bulgaria is a Bulgarian company that produces stockings and tights. It manufactures knee-high stockings, thigh-hi stockings, footsies, hold-ups, long stockings, bodystockings and footless tights for both children and women.
TIM/TOM Complex The TIM/TOM Complex is a process in nucleic biochemistry where proteins used in mitochondria, the DNA which is within the greater cell's DNA, are ferried to the mitochondria for use in the OXPHOS process. Only 13 proteins necessary for mitochondria are actually coded in mitochondrial DNA.
TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century (called the "TIME 100" for short) is a list of the 20th century's most influential politicians, artists, innovators, scientists and icons, compiled by TIME Magazine. It consists of a total of 100 people, 20 each in five different groups.
TIMED The TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) mission is a two year project to study the dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on December 7, 2001 aboard a Delta II rocket launch vehicle.
TIMEkspressen TIMEkspressen (lit: Hourly Express) is a coach bus brand used by Nettbuss on 13 routes in Norway. The coaches are usually operated at one hour headway, but some routes have highter freqency in rush hour and lower freqency in the weekends.
TINA Design Suite TINA Design Suite TINA Design Suite is a powerful yet inexpensive software package for analyzing, designing and real time testing analog, digital, VHDL, MCU, and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts. You can also analyze RF, communication, optoelectronic circuits, test & debug microcontroller applications.
TINKER TINKER is a molecular modeling program with a complete and general package for molecular mechanics and dynamics, with some special features for biopolymers. The heart of the TINKER package is a modular set of callable routines which allow the manipulation of coordinates and evaluation of potential energy and derivatives in a straightforward fashion.
TIR Treaty The TIR Convention, 1975, with its 66 Contracting Parties (2006) constitutes one of the most effective international instruments prepared under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). TIR stands for “Transports Internationaux Routiers”, meaning: international road transport.
TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, was a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. The program was successful in proving the usefulness of satellite weather observation.
TIROS-1 TIROS-1 (or TIROS-I) was the first successful weather satellite, and the first of a series of TIROS satellites. It was designed to test experimental techniques for taking television footage of weather patterns from orbit, and was launched on April 1, 1960 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the United States.
TIS 620 Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533, commonly referred to as TIS-620, is the most common character set and character encoding for the Thai language. The standard is published by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), an organ of the Ministry of Industry under the Royal Thai Government, and is the sole official standard for encoding Thai in Thailand. The descriptive name of the standard is "Standard for Thai Character Codes for Computers" (Thai: รหัสสำหรับอักขระไทยที่ใช้กับคอมพิวเตอร์). "2533" refers to year 2533 of the Buddhist Era (1990), the year the present version of the standard was published; a previous revision, TIS 620-2529 (1986), is now obsolete.
TISM TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) is a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following until 1995 when its third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10.
TISPAN The Telecoms & Internet converged Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks (TISPAN) is a standardization body of ETSI, specializing in fixed networks and Internet convergence. It was formed in 2003 from the amalgamation of the ETSI bodies Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) and Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN)
TITUS (project) TITUS (german "Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien" - Indo-Germanic thesaurus text- and speech-materials) is a project of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, maintained by Professor Dr. Jost Gippert, it aimed to collect information about Indo-European languages, and to improve collaboration between scholars.
Tjandamurra O'Shane Tjandamurra O'Shane is an Indigenous Australian who was victim of a racial attack on October 10, 1996 at the age of six. O'Shane was burned on 70 percent of his body while playing at a school in Cairns, Queensland, when he was doused in gasoline and ignited.
Tjaru Tjaru was an ancient Egyptian fortress on the Way of Horus, the major road leading out of Egypt into Canaan. It also appeared, though much less commonly, under the names Zaru and Djaru, and was known to the Greeks as Zele or Sile.
Tjaynera Falls Tjaynera Falls are located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Accessible by four wheel drive trail, the falls are in the western portion of the park, 90 km south of Darwin as the crow flies.
Tjeerd Borstlap Tjerd Bootstrap (born January 10, 1955) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who played eight international matches for the Dutch National Men's Team in the years 1978–1979. He played club hockey for the hockey club HC Klein Zwitserland from Den Haag.
Tjejer & snubbar Tjejer & snubbar, also known as Tjejer & snubbar, kärringar & gubbar, was released in March 1999 and is an album with the Swedish dansband Lotta Engbergs. The song Tjejer & snubbar, kärringar & gubbar, which is on this album and was written by Bo Fransson, entered the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen on May 8 1999, with the third place in the first round as best result.
Tjeldsund Bridge Tjeldsund Bridge (Tjeldsundbrua) is a suspension road bridge that crosses Tjeldsundet between the mainland and Hinnøya in Troms county in Norway. The bridge is 1007 metres long, the main span is 290 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 41 metres.
Tjeldsundet Tjeldsundet is the sound (strait) between Hinnøya and mainland Norway, and in the southern part between Hinnøya and Tjeldøya island. The southern part is located in Nordland, while the northern part is in Troms.
Tjerk Vermaning Tjerk Vermaning (born 1929 in Smilde, died 1987 in Assen) was a Dutch amateur archaeologist who is now mostly remembered for the court case and media frenzy that followed claims made by two academic archaeologists that he had forged certain of his prehistoric archaeological 'finds'.
Tjilbruke An important character in the Kaurna Aboriginal creation story, Tjilbruke (also Tjirbruki) carried the body of his nephew down the Fleurieu Peninsula coast of Gulf Saint Vincent, after his nephew was killed after hunting and killing a female Emu. The path Tjilbruke took along the coast is referred to as "Tjilbruke's Trail" and begins at Warriparinga by the Sturt Creek in the now metropolitan suburb of Marion, South Australia and ends at the southern town of Rapid Bay, South Australia.
Tjisaroea Tjisaroea is a location on Java where during the 1945-1949 politionele acties/Indonesian War of Independence the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) maintained a prison camp for soldiers convicted of breaches of military discipline.
Tjorven The name "Tjorven" comes from a popular Swedish family-show on television in the early 1960s. Based on a book by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the story is about a number of characters living in the archipelago outside Stockholm.
Tjurunga A Tjurunga or as it sometimes spelled, Churinga, is an object of religious significance by Central Australian Indigenous Australian people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance, they included:
TJ-2 Type Justifying Program called TJ-2 was published by Peter Samson in May 1963 and is thought to be the first page layout program. Although it lacks page numbers, headers and footers, TJ-2 is the first application software and word processor to offer all of the features needed to indent, center, word wrap, justify, and hyphenate text, to simulate tabs, and to create two columns, page breaks and margins.
Tkdiff tkdiff is a graphical diff viewer based on the tk framework. It is capable of inter-operating with source-control systems like CVS and Subversion to show the differences between the local copy and the repository version.
Tkhine Tkhines (Yiddish for 'prayers', 'supplications'), pronounced 'tkhiners' - the i is pronounced as in 'fit' and the kh like the ch in Scottish 'loCH'. Dating from the 17th century they were Yiddish-language prayer books intended for use by Ashkenazic Jewish women who, unlike the men of the time, typically could not read Hebrew, the language of the established synagogue prayer book.
Tkon Empire The Tkon Empire, in the fictional Star Trek universe, was a defunct interstellar federation that flourished some 600,000 years ago. At its peak, the Tkon Empire had a population numbering in the trillions and possessed a technology so powerful that they were actually capable of moving stars.
TK 90X The TK90X was the first Brazilian ZX Spectrum clone made in the 1980s by Microdigital Eletronica, a company located at SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil that manufactured some ZX81 clones before (TK 82, TK 82C, TK 83 and TK 85) and a ZX80 clone (TK 80).
TK 95 The TK 95 microcomputer was the evolution of TK 90X made in the 1980s by Microdigital Eletronica, a company located at SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil that manufactured some ZX81 clones before (TK 82, TK 82C, TK 83 and TK 85) and a ZX80 clone (TK 80). The first version was launched in November of 1986.
TK Rodriguez TK Rodriguez is a Nueyorican songwriter and record producer who entered the music scene in 1982. His first lessons of production would include working with Miami Urban Dance producer 'Pretty' Tony Butler on artist Debbie Deb, Freestyle Express and Trinere.
TKD Power TKD Power is an ITF Taekwon-Do group based in the UK. TKD Power is a cooperative group of instructors that have agreed to work with each other to further and promote both TKD Power and their individual organisations - without interfering with each others day to day operation.
TKid TKID (or T-KID) is a well-known graffiti artist from the Bronx, New York. He first got his start during the 1970's, tagging the name "King 13" every time he'd win a challenge, performing daredevil tricks on swings in the park.
TKIP In cryptography, TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is a security protocol used in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). WPA is used for WiFi networks to correct deficiencies in the older Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) standard.
TKM College of Engineering Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering founded in 1958 is the 'first Government Aided Institution' in the private sector in the State of Kerala. The college is located at Kilikolloor, six kilometers away from the Kollam town, Kerala, India.
TKO Major League MMA TKO Major League MMA is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation, the biggest MMA promotion in Canada. Despite its name, it is considered a minor circuit, overshadowed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which it has a close working relationship with.
TKS spacecraft TKS spacecraft was first designed as a Proton rocket launched manned spacecraft, with the VA (Vozvrashaemiy Apparat) capsule on top for the crew of three, where they would enter the lower portion of the TKS, the FGB (the "Functional Cargo Block"), through a hatch cut in the heat shield.
TKS-Based Spacecraft In March 2005, Khrunichev enterprise, Russia's leading developer of rocket technology and spacecraft, unveiled ambitious plans for the country's participation in the US-led exploration of the Moon. The Moscow-based company proposed a super heavy-lift rocket booster, along with a new generation of partially reusable spacecraft, which could be used to support manned expeditions to the Moon.
TKZee TKZee is a South Africa kwaito music group formed by three school friends, Tokollo Tshabalala, Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala. The group shot to prominence in late 1997 and early 1998 with their smash hit singles Palafala and Shibobo.
Tl'azt'en Nation Tl'azt'en Nation is an Indian band located along the north shore of Stuart Lake in the northern interior of British Columbia. The two main villages belonging to Tl'azt'en Nation are Tache (often spelled Tachie in English), 60km northwest of Fort St.
Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office The Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office is a First Nations government located in the Chilcotin District in the western Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Tsilhqot'in Tribal Council.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (formerly referred to as the Clayoquot, both pronounced Clay-kwot), are a Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation in Canada. They live on ten reserves along the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Tlacateccatl Tlacateccatl ("Cutter of men") was the Aztec military title roughly equivalent to the modern title of General. The Tlacateccatl was in charge of the Tlacatecco, a military quarter in the center of the aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
Tlacochcalcatl Tlacochcalcatl ("The man from the house of darts") was an Aztec military title or rank; roughly equivalent to the modern title of High General. In Aztec warfare the Tlacochcalcatl was second in command only to the Tlatoani and he usually lead the Aztec army into battle when the ruler was otherwise occupied.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli In Aztec mythology, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli ("lord of the star of the dawn"; also spelled "Tlahuizcalpantecutli" or "Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli") was the personification of the morning star, which is the planet Venus as seen in the morning. His brother Xolotl was the planet Venus as the evening star.
Tlalocan Tlalocan is the fourth level of the "upper worlds", or 'heavens', according to the mythic cosmographies of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples of pre-Columbian central Mexico, noted particularly in Conquest-era accounts of Aztec mythology. To the Aztec there were thirteen levels of the Upper Worlds, and nine of the Underworld; in the conception of the Afterlife the manner of a person's death determined which of these layers would be their destination after dying.
Tlaltecuhtli Tlaltecuhtli or Tlaltecutli was an Aztec goddess who embodied the raging chaos before creation. In the creation account of Aztec mythology she was a chthonic sea monster who dwelled in the ocean after the fourth Great Flood.
Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román The municipality of Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The average elevation of the municipality is 1,723 m (5,653 ft) above sea level and the municipality covers an area of 747.
Tlamatini Tlamatini (plural tlamatinime) is a Nahuatl language word meaning "someone who knows something", generally translated as "wise man". The word is analyzable as derived from the transitive verb mati "to know" with the prefix tla- indicating an unspecified inanimate object translateable by "something" and the derivational suffix -ni meaning "a person who are characterized by ...
Tlapacoya, Puebla Tlapacoya is name of both a municipio (municipality) and a village located in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Tlapacoya, the municipio and village, is not to be confused with the Tlapacoya archaeological site southwest of Mexico City.
Tlapitzalli A tlapitzalli is a musical instrument known from pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Aztec. It is a form of flute, generally made of clay (perhaps also wood), most often decorated with abstract designs or images of Aztec deities.
Tlaquepaque San Pedro Tlaquepaque, or simply Tlaquepaque, is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. During the 20th century it was absorbed by the outward spread of the state capital and is now a neighbourhood of the Guadalajara conurbation, lying only a few kilometres from the city centre.
Tlatelolco Tlatelolco is an area in Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec pyramid, the 17th century church Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry.
Tlatelolco massacre The Tlatelolco Massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco (from a book title by the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska), took place on the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City. The death toll remains controversial: some estimates place the number of deaths in the thousands, but most sources report between 200 and 300 deaths.
Tlatilco Tlatilco was a large pre-Columbian village in the Valley of Mexico situated near the modern-day town of the same name in the Mexican Federal District. It was one of the first chiefdom centers to arise in the Valley, flourishing on the western shore of Lake Texcoco during the Middle Pre-Classic period, between the years of 1500 BCE and 500 BCE.
Tlatlasikwala Nation The Tlatlasikwala Nation is a First Nations government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focussed on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region.. It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation, the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and the Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation.
Tlatoani Tlàtoāni (plural tlàtòquê) is a Nahuatl word referring to the ruler of a Pre-Columbian central Mexican city-state such as Tenochtitlan or Texcoco. Tlàtoāni literally means "speaker" and is often used to refer to the so-called Aztec "emperor", the Hueyi Tlatoani (literally "great speaker").
Tlaxcala (disambiguation) Tlaxcala is the name of different historical, political and geographical entities in Mexico, all of which are derived from the Nahuatl word tlaxcallān meaning place of maize tortillas. The name now applies to the modern Mexican state, the capital city of this state, as well as the historical pre-Columbian kingdom.
Tlaxcala (Nahua state) Tlaxcala (in Nahuatl Tlaxcallān meaning "place of the maize tortillas") is a pre-Columbian city state of central Mexico. Tlaxcala was never conquered by the Aztec empire against which it was in a state of perpetual war, often called flowery wars.
Tlayuda Tlayudas, sometimes spelled Clayuda, (IPA ) is a part of Mexican Cuisine, consist of a big crunchy tortilla covered with a spread of refried beans, asiento (unrefined pork lard), cabbage, meat (usually shredded chicken, beef tenderloin and/or pork), Oaxaca cheese (but also can use it some other types) and salsa. They are a popular antojito, or snack food, in Oaxaca, particularly around Oaxaca City.
Tlazolteotl In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl was an earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess. She was referred to as "the eater of filth" because she visited people at the end of their lives who confessed their sins to her; she then ate the person's "filth" (sins).
Tlemcen Tlemcen comes from the Berber word "Tala imsan" "The dry spring", sometimes spelled Tlemsan, (Arabic: تلمسان) is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the seat of government for the Tlemcen Province of the same name. Its population is an estimated 130,000.
Tlepolemus Tlepolemus, or TlĂŞpĂłlemos, in Greek mythology was the son of Heracles by Astyocheia, daughter of the King of Ephyra. Either that or he was the son of Melite and the second of the two sons of Hercules who goes by the name of Hyllus.
Tlepolemus (general) Tlepolemus (in Greek Tληπoλεμoς; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Pythophanes and one of the etairoi, or body-guard of Alexander the Great, who was joined in the government of the Parthians and Hyrcanii with Amminapes, a Parthian, whom Alexander had appointed satrap of those provinces. At a later period Tlepolemus was appointed by Alexander satrap of Carmania, which he retained on the death of Alexander in 323 BC, and also at the fresh division of the provinces at Triparadisus in 321 BC.
Tlingit alphabet The Tlingit language has been recorded in a number of orthographies over the two hundred years since European contact. The first transcriptions of Tlingit were done by Russian Orthodox ministers, hence they were in the Cyrillic alphabet.
Tlingit clans The Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska have two moieties in their society, each of which is divided into a number of clans. Each clan has its own history, songs, and totems, and each forms a social network of extended families which functions as a political unit in Tlingit society.
Tlingit noun Like nouns in many Native American languages, the Tlingit noun is easily conceptualized but difficult to formally define. It can be simple or compound, and can be derived from verb forms as well as other nouns.
Tljc TLJC is a hip-hop group based out of York University in Toronto, Ontario. The group consists of Tanner Willis ("Tan-Trik"), Lual Aleer ("Blax"), James Harris ("J-Kash") and Curran Folkers ("Currayzy" or "C-Spot").
Tlyustenkhabl Tlyustenkhabl (; Adyghe: Лъэустэнхьабл) is an urban-type settlement in Teuchezhsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuban River opposite of Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, on the shores of Krasnodar Reservoir, 114 km north-west of Maykop. Population: 4,961 (2002 Census); 3,869 (1989 Census).
TLC (band) TLC (an abbreviation for "T-Boz, Left Eye, Chilli") is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B and hip hop group that formed in 1991. Originally called 2nd Nature, the group was founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Crystal Jones.
TLC (TV channel) TLC is a cable TV network in the US and Canada, that carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications since 1991, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, as well as other learning-themed networks.
TLC (TV series) TLC (Tender Loving Care) was a darkly surreal sitcom set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality problem. It was first broadcast on the BBC on 11th November 2002 and ran over six episodes until 16th December.
TLCO TLCO is a Lung Function Test measuring the diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (Tlco) is commonly measured with the Morgan transfer test and the single breath method. Alveolar volume (VA) is the total lung capacity at the time when the Tlco is measured.
TLO TLO, or Turun linja-autoilijain osakeyhtiö (Finnish for Turku Bus Operators Ltd) is a group of bus companies and the main operator of the regional public transport in the region of Turku, Finland. TLO was founded in 1954 by over fifty private bus companies.
TLR 2 TLR-2 is the name for a biomolecule, which plays a role in the human immune system. It is a membrane protein, a receptor, which sits on the surface of certain cells and which can recognize own body or foreign substances, and passes on appropriate signals to the cell and/or the nervous system.
TLR 3 TLR 3 is a member of the Toll-like receptor family of pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune system. Discovered in 2001, TLR3 recognizes double-stranded RNA - a form of genetic information carried by some viruses such as influenza.
TĹŤ-on , also pronounced "tĹŤ-in", are Japanese kanji readings imported from China by Zen monks and merchants during and after the Song dynasty. This period roughly corresponds with the mid-Heian to Edo Period of Japan.
Tōbu Isesaki Line Tōbu Isesaki Line (東武伊勢崎線 Tōbu-isesaki-sen) is a railway line in Japan, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is the longest private (non-JR) railway line in Japan at 114.
Tōdai-ji Tōdai-ji (東大寺), the Eastern Great Temple, is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall, reputedly the largest wooden building in the world, houses a colossal statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as the Daibutsu.
Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a high-speed rail line, connecting Tokyo with Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture for a total length of 593 km, Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku Region of Japan's main island Honshū.
TĹŤjĹŤ Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in KawatĹŤ, TĹŤjĹŤ-chĹŤ, ShĹŤbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Because of the travelling of passengers across prefectural lines between Okayama and Hiroshima Prefectures, several local trains go between TĹŤjĹŤ and Niimi.
Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen (東海道新幹線) is the original Shinkansen line that opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. It is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company, and formerly by JNR, Japan National Railways.
TĹŤrĹŤ nagashi is a Japanese ceremony in which participants float paper lanterns (chĹŤchin) down a river. This is primarily done on the last evening of the Buddhist O-bon festival as a way to guide the spirits of the departed back to the other world.
Tōru Takemitsu Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930–February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer of music, who explored the compositional principles of Western classical music and his native Japanese tradition both in isolation and in combination.
TĹŤsen-ji is a Buddhist temple in Katsushika, Tokyo, near the Yamamoto House and Mizumoto City Park. This temple is famous for the "Bound Jizo" discussed in the Case of the Bound Jizo of ĹŚoka Tadasuke, a wise and famous judge in Edo (Tokyo) during the Edo period.
TĹŤyama no Kin-san is a popular character based on the historical TĹŤyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo Period of Japanese history. In kabuki and kĹŤdan, he was celebrated under his childhood name, KinshirĹŤ, shortened to Kin-san.
TĹŤzai Line (JR West) The is one of several Metro / commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line connects the Gakkentoshi Line at Kyobashi Station in Osaka City and the JR Takarazuka Line at Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, HyĹŤgo.
Tłomackie Tłomackie is a small street in Warsaw, Poland, in the area of Śródmieście, next to the Bankowy Square. Initially a small village square of the settlement of the same name, with time it was incorporated into the city of Warsaw and retained its traditional name.
Třinec Iron and Steel Works Třinec Iron and Steel Works (, ) is the producer of long rolled steel products in Třinec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Steel produced in the Czech Republic is in more than one third produced by TŽ.
Tūmatauenga In Māori mythology, Tū or Tū-mata-uenga (Māori: 'Tū of the angry face') is one of the great gods, and the origin of war. All war-parties were dedicated to him, and he was treated with the greatest respect and awe.
Tm2 TM2, or "Thermal Monitoring 2", is a throttling control method used on LGA-775 versions of the Pentium 4, Pentium D and Celeron processors and also on the Pentium M series of processors. TM2 reduces processor temperature by lowering the CPU clock multiplier, and thereby the processor core speed.
Tmesis Tmesis is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is inserted into another word, often for humorous effect. The insertion may occur between the parts of a compound word, or between syllable boundaries (dystmesis).

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