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T is the 20th letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name is pronounced “tee” in English. The uppercase form consists of a vertical stroke with a crossbar, while the lowercase is a small vertical line with a rounded top. The letter originated in the Phoenician letter taw and was adopted by the Greeks as tau (Τ) before entering Latin script. It has variants in other alphabets and scripts.

T is widely used as a symbol across disciplines. In physics and chemistry, T denotes temperature. In

In notation and linguistics, T appears in various combinations and digraphs within orthographies. It also serves

thermodynamics
and
chemical
equations,
it
is
a
common
shorthand
for
temperature.
In
electromagnetism,
the
tesla,
the
unit
of
magnetic
flux
density,
uses
the
symbol
T.
The
SI
prefix
for
10^12
is
tera,
abbreviated
T,
as
in
terabyte.
In
mathematics,
T
denotes
the
transpose
of
a
matrix,
written
A^T;
in
statistics,
the
T-distribution
arises
in
small-sample
inference.
In
genetics,
T
stands
for
thymine,
one
of
DNA’s
four
bases.
In
programming,
T
is
often
used
as
a
conventional
name
for
a
type
parameter
in
generic
constructs.
as
a
symbol
in
numerous
abbreviations
and
acronyms
across
domains,
including
temperature,
mathematical
notation,
and
the
unit
tesla.
The
letter’s
frequency
and
versatility
make
it
a
common
reference
point
in
discussions
of
alphabets,
notation,
and
symbolic
systems.