tets
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients.
name
Initialism of Trains Entering Terminal Stations: a failsafe device for stopping trains that are entering a station at the end of a railway line.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "TETS however, has the problems of fluctuation of coupling factor and load resistance. TETS must be controlled to ensure stable power transmission."
- "The internal unit and TETS coil were implanted into subcutaneous space at the abdominal wall."
- "A research team from the University of Pennsylvania tested the health effects of the TETS‐powered ventriculus sinister assistant device [63]. They implanted a 160 kHz max power 16.9W TETS system into a cow's body."
- "TETS binds noncompetitively and irreversibly to GABA receptors on neuronal cell membranes and blocks chloride channels."
- "We characterized TETS as an activator of spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations and electrical burst discharges in mouse hippocampal neruonal cultures at 1317 days in vitro using FLIPR Fluo-4 fluorescence measurements and extracellular microelectrode array recording."
- "And there is no proven antidote to TETS. Once ingested, the poison attacks the membranes of the neurone cells, causing death by convulsion in seconds."