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T cell type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that is an essential part of the immune system. T cells are one of two primary types of lymphocytes-B cells being the second type-that determine the specificity of immune response to antigens (foreign substances) in the body. T Tauri star any of a class of very young stars having a mass of the same order as that of the Sun. So called after a prototype identified in a bright region of gas and dust known as the Hind's variable nebula, the T Tauri stars are characterized by erratic changes in ... T'aebaek Mountains main ridge of the Korean Peninsula, stretching along the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), north to Hwangnyong Mountain (4,160 feet [1,268 m]), North Korea, and continuing south as the Kyongsang Range to Tadae-p'o, a suburb of Pusan, South Korea. The T'aebaek range is 300 miles (500 km) ... T'ai-chung hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of Miao-li (north), I-lan and Hua-lien (east), and Chang-hua and Nan-t'ou (south) and by the Taiwan Strait (west). Northern extensions of the Chung-yang Mountain Range rise to elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet (2,500 and 3,900 m) above sea level ... T'ai-chung shih (municipality), west-central Taiwan, since 1959 the seat of the provincial administration of Taiwan province. T'ai-chung grew in the early 19th century as the collecting centre for a fertile agricultural basin situated between the low west-coast uplands and the central highlands. When in 1891 the provincial capital was moved from ... T'ai-nan hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan. It is bordered by Chia-i hsien (north), by Kao-hsiung hsien (southeast), and by T'ai-nan shih (municipality) and the Taiwan Strait (west). In the mid-17th century, what is now T'ai-nan hsien was part of the territory ruled by Cheng Ch'eng-kung (Koxinga), who established Chinese control over Taiwan ... T'ai-nan shih (municipality), southwestern Taiwan. It is one of the oldest urban settlements on the island. The Han Chinese settled there as early as 1590 (some sources say earlier), when it was known as T'ai-yuan, Ta-yuan, or T'ai-wan-a name that was later extended to the whole island. The Dutch arrived in ... T'ai-pei northernmost hsien (county), Taiwan. It is bordered by I-lan hsien (southeast), T'ao-yuan hsien (southwest), and the East China Sea (north). Taipei (q.v.) shih (municipality) and Chi-lung (Keelung) shih, administratively independent cities, are located within the northern part of the hsien. The Hsueh-shan Mountain Range in the southeast, with an average ... T'ai-tung hsien (county), southeastern Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of Hua-lien (north) and Kao-hsiung and P'ing-tung (southwest) and by the Philippine Sea (east). Thickly forested southeastern slopes of the Chung-yang Range extend over most of the area; Kuan Mountain, rising to 12,028 feet (3,666 m), is the highest peak ... T'ai-tung coastal shih (municipality) and seat, T'ai-tung hsien (county), southeastern Taiwan, on the southern bank of the Pei-nan River, 58 miles (94 km) northeast of Kao-hsiung. T'aigo Wangsa Buddhist monk, founder of the T'aigo sect of Korean Buddhism. T'ao-yuan hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of T'ai-pei (north), I-lan (east), and Hsin-chu (south) and by the Taiwan Strait (west). Ranges of the Hsueh-shan Shan-mo (mountain range) extend over most of the southeastern part of the county and gradually merge with the fertile alluvial coastal plains ... T'ao-yuan shih (municipality) and seat of T'ao-yuan hsien (county), northern Taiwan, situated 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Taipei city, in the northern part of the western coastal plain. Developed during the early 18th century, the city grew as an agricultural market centre for the surrounding fertile plain that raises rice ... T'ongyong city and port, South Kyongsang (Gyeongsang) do (province), southeastern South Korea. The city was created in 1995 when Ch'ungmu city was combined with T'ongyong county. Until it was made a municipality in 1955, Ch'ungmu was called T'ongyong, deriving its name from T'ongjeyong, which in Old Korean means "Headquarters." T1 Type of broadband telecommunications connection (see broadband technology) used especially to connect Internet service providers to the Internet's infrastructure. Developed by Bell Labs in the 1960s, the "T-carrier systems" offer entirely digital, full-duplex exchange of data over traditional wire, coaxial cable, optical fibre, microwave relay, or other communications media. The ... T4 Program Nazi German effort-framed as a euthanasia program-to kill incurably ill, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally distraught, and elderly people. Adolf Hitler initiated this program in 1939, and, while it was officially discontinued in 1941, killings continued covertly until the military defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. Ta'if, Al- city, western Saudi Arabia. Lying at an elevation of 6,165 feet (1,879 metres) on a tableland southeast of Mecca, it is the country's principal summer resort. Once the seat of the pagan goddess Allat, it is revered now as the site of the tomb of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas, a ... Ta'izz city, southwestern Yemen, in the Yemen Highlands. It is one of the country's chief urban centres and a former national capital. ta'liq script in Arabic calligraphy, cursive style of lettering developed in Iran in the 10th century. It is thought to have been the creation of Hasan ibn Husayn 'Ali of Fars, but, because Khwajah 'Abd al-Malik Buk made such vast improvements, the invention is often attributed to him. The rounded forms and ... Ta'mim, Al- muhafazah (governorate), in northeastern Iraq, created from the northern part of Kirkuk muhafazah. It encompasses the eastern part of the alluvial plain of the Tigris River and the foothills of the Zagros Mountains. Its economy is based on petroleum and dry-farm agriculture, which produces wheat, barley, and fruits; sheep are ... Taaffe, Eduard, Count von statesman and twice prime minister of Austria (1868-70 and 1879-93) who controlled most of the empire's quarreling nationalities and forged a conservative coalition that remained in power longer than any other ministry during the reign of the emperor Francis Joseph. Taal Lake lake in southwestern Luzon, Philippines, occupying a volcanic crater with a maximum width of 15 miles (24 km), at less than 10 feet (3 m) above sea level. It has an area of 94 square miles (244 square km) and is the country's third largest lake. Within the lake rises ... Tabari, al- Muslim scholar, author of enormous compendiums of early Islamic history and Qur'anic exegesis, who made a distinct contribution to the consolidation of Sunni thought during the 9th century. He condensed the vast wealth of exegetical and historical erudition of the preceding generations of Muslim scholars and laid the foundations for ... Tabasco estado (state), southeastern Mexico. It is bounded by the Gulf of Mexico to the north, by the state of Campeche to the east, by Guatemala to the southeast, and by the states of Chiapas to the south and Veracruz to the west. Its capital city is Villahermosa. tabasco hot red pepper, a variety of Capsicum frutescens of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family. See pepper. Tabasco Plain tropical lowland on the Gulf of Mexico, in Tabasco state, southeastern Mexico. Occupying the coastal lowlands south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and north of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Tabasco Plain is made up of alluvial materials deposited by the Grijalva and Usumacinta rivers and is covered with dense, tropical ... Tabataba'i, Sayyid Zia od-Din Iranian statesman who led the coup d'etat of 1921 in which he was made prime minister. Tabberabberan orogeny a mountain-building event in eastern Australia during the Devonian Period (416 million to 359 million years ago). Orogenic activity was accompanied by the intrusion of crystalline igneous rocks in a north-south belt within the Tasman Geosyncline. tabby type of dark-striped coat colouring found in both wild and domestic cats. One of the most common coat colours, the tabby pattern dates back to domestic cats in ancient Egypt. It is a recognized colour variety in purebred cats and is frequently seen in cats of mixed ancestry. Tabby colouring ... Tabernacle ("dwelling"), in Jewish history, the portable sanctuary constructed by Moses as a place of worship for the Hebrew tribes during the period of wandering that preceded their arrival in the Promised Land. The Tabernacle no longer served a purpose after the erection of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 950 BC. tabes dorsalis rare neurologic form of tertiary syphilis, involving sensory deficits, loss of neuromuscular coordination, and diminished reflexes. Symptoms of this form of neurosyphilis chiefly affect the legs and may not appear for more than 25 years after the initial infection. Untreated, tabes dorsalis usually makes unassisted walking impossible and severely debilitates ... Tabinshwehti king who unified Myanmar (reigned 1531-50). He was the second monarch of the Toungoo dynasty, which his father, Minkyinyo, had founded in 1486. tabl any of a group of two-headed cylindrical drums used in Islamic music along the Mediterranean coast. They are the ancestors of European tenor and bass drums. tabla pair of small drums fundamental (since the 18th century) to Hindustani music of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The higher-pitched of the two drums, which is played with the right hand, is also referred to individually as the tabla or as the daya (dahina or dayan, meaning "right"). It is ... Tablas de Daimiel National Park nature reserve and wetland ecosystem, located about 19 miles (30 km) northeast of the city of Ciudad Real, south-central Spain. The park, created in 1973, occupies 4,633 acres (1,875 hectares) and lies at the confluence of the Guadiana and Ciguela rivers, where fresh and brackish waters converge on the marshes ... tablature system of musical notation based on a player's finger position, as opposed to notes showing rhythm and pitch. Tablatures were used for lute and keyboard music during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. table basic article of furniture, known and used in the Western world since at least the 7th century BCE, consisting of a flat slab of stone, metal, wood, or glass supported by trestles, legs, or a pillar. Table Bay bay of the Atlantic Ocean, located near the southern tip of Africa and forming the harbour of Cape Town. Extending north from Cape Town to Melkbosstrand, S.Af., the bay is 12 miles (19 km) long and 8 miles wide; it contains Robben Island and is overlooked by Table Mountain. Portuguese ... Table Mountain flat-topped mountain in southwestern South Africa, overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay and dominating the northern end of the high, rocky Cape Peninsula. Its tabular shape results from nearly horizontal layers of sandstone exposed by vigorous wind and water erosion. The distinctive-looking mountain is one of Cape Town's most recognized ... table talk informal conversation at or as if at a dining table; especially, the social talk of a celebrity recorded for publication. Collections of such conversations exist from as early as the 3rd century AD, and the term has been in use in English since about the 16th century. The practice of ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1994 At the 42nd world championships in Goteborg, Sweden, Jean-Philippe Gatien became the first Frenchman to win the world men's singles championship when he defeated Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium) in the final game 21-18. Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden), ranked number one in the world, lost to Saive in the semifinals. For the first ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1995 In the years between the biennial world championships, attention focused on regional events, the largest of which were the European championships. At the 19th staging of this tournament, in Birmingham, England, during March-April 1994, Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium became the new European men's singles champion by defeating Olympic gold medalist ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1996 In 1995 the table tennis world championships returned to China in two senses: they took place in Tianjin, and all seven events were won by China, as they had been in 1981. Thus ended Sweden's domination of the men's team event (in 1989, 1991, and 1993) and the run of ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1997 The Chinese continued their domination of table tennis in 1996, collecting all the gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games. Liu Guoliang, the men's singles runner-up in 1995, won men's singles by besting Wang Tao of China. Deng Yaping, the women's world singles champion in 1991 and 1995, successfully defended ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1998 At the 1997 world table tennis championships in Manchester, Eng., China again dominated play, winning six of the seven titles. The men's team from China defeated France (the first time since 1948 France had reached the final), while the women's team downed North Korea. Deng Yaping, the 24-year-old 1992 and ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 1999 Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, the 1997 world men's singles runner-up, justified his ranking as the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF's) top male player in 1998, winning not only the climactic 1997 Pro Tour grand final but also all the most prestigious 1998 European tournaments, including the European championship, the Europe ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 2000 In 1999, for the first time ever, the men's and women's table tennis team events were not part of the world championships. Originally scheduled for Belgrade, Yugos., on April 26-May 9, the now biennial championships had to find another host city quickly-hence, the unique inclusion of just the singles and ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 2001 At the world team championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, held Feb. 19-26, 2000, the Chinese women, who had lost the title only once in the last quarter century, again dominated play. In the final they defeated a Taiwanese team led by the Pro Tour grand final winner, Chen Jing. The ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 2002 At the 2001 table tennis world championships held April 23-May 6 in Osaka, Japan, the Chinese were totally dominant. They scored easy victories in the team events-the men defeated Belgium (which had upset defending champion Sweden in the semifinals), and the women topped North Korea. Pro Tour grand final winner ... Table Tennis: Year in Review 2003 China dominated singles play at the 2001 table tennis Pro Tour grand finals, held Jan. 10-13, 2002, in Tianjin, China. Ma Lin won the men's title over world champion Wang Liqin, and reigning world and Olympic champion Wang Nan defeated Niu Jianfeng in the women's final. Germany's Timo Boll had ... table tennis ball game similar in principle to lawn tennis and played on a flat table divided into two equal courts by a net fixed across its width at the middle. The object is to hit the ball so that it goes over the net and bounces on the opponent's half of ...