TD

See also: t.d., td, and .td

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TD

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Chad.

   Synonym: TCD (alpha-3)

Etymology 2

Symbol

TD

1. (nuclear physics) tritium-deuterium

English

Phrase

TD

1. Initialism of typically developed.

Noun

TD (countable and uncountable, plural TDs)

1. (American football, Canadian football) Abbreviation of touchdown.
   • 1988 October 10, Gary Nuhn, “Bengals put Jets, ghosts of ’87 to rest”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 31, Dayton, Ohio, page 1-B:

     When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.

2. (neurology) Initialism of tardive dyskinesia.
3. (travel) Initialism of ticket designator.
4. (video games) Initialism of tower defense.
5. (handbells) Initialism of thumb damp.
6. (Irish politics) Initialism of Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
   • 2023 August 1, “Accenture cuts 890 more job from Irish operation”, in The Irish Times, page 1:

     Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan, whose Dublin constituency is home to one of Accenture's office here, said: […]

7. (military) Initialism of Territorial Decoration (previously awarded to officers who had more than 12 years commissioned service in the Territorial Army (UK)).
8. Initialism of traveler's diarrhea.
9. (machine learning) Initialism of temporal difference.
10. Initialism of thought disorder.
11. Initialism of technical director.

Usage notes

• (Teachta Dála): In English the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural (the full form of which in Irish is Teachtaí Dála). The letters follow the name of the member when used as a title, e.g. Mr Bertie Ahern TD.

Anagrams

• DT

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.de/

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Noun

TD m pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial, education) (Initialism of travaux dirigés.; tutorials

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.de/

Noun

TD

1. (healthcare) Initialism of tekanan darah (“blood pressure”).

Irish

Noun

TD m

1. Initialism of Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

Japanese

Noun

TD(ティーディー) • (tī-dī) 

1. Initialism of タワーディフェンス (tawā difensu, “tower defense”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• trippel-dobbel

Etymology

Short form of trippel-dobbel (“triple-double”), which is borrowed from English triple double, an international basketball term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːdeː/, /ˈtrɪpːəl.dɔbːəl/

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• Rhymes: -eː, -əl
• Hyphenation: T‧D
• Homophone: trippel-dobbel

Noun

TD

1. (sports, basketball) Initialism of trippel-dobbel (“tripple-double”).

Coordinate terms

• (basketball): DD (dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”))