Thesaurus: th
In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found…
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- In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
- n. the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
- n. a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
- In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
- In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word beganwith a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of theword. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend,thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, theend, etc.
- n the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day n a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands