CT

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word CT. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word CT, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say CT in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word CT you have here. The definition of the word CT will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofCT, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ct"

Translingual

Symbol

CT

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Canton and Enderbury Islands from 1974 to 1984.
    Synonym: CTE (alpha-3)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of KI following the transfer of control to Kiribati in 1979 and the relinquishment of claims over the islands by the United States in 1983.

English

Proper noun

CT

  1. Abbreviation of Connecticut, a state of the United States of America.
  2. Initialism of Central Time.
  3. (Egyptology) Initialism of Coffin Texts.

Noun

CT (countable and uncountable, plural CTs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of computed tomography.
    1. (countable, medicine) A CT scan.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of cold turkey.
  3. (slang) Initialism of cocktease.
  4. (slang) Initialism of camel toe.
  5. (military) Abbreviation of combat team.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

military

Verb

CT (third-person singular simple present CTs, present participle CTing, simple past and past participle CTed)

  1. (transitive, medicine, informal) To perform a CT scan on.
    • 2013, Marc Dauphin, Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahar's Military Hospital, Toronto: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 197:
      There's a certain something that emanates from a confused patient that this fellow doesn't have. I sure wish I had more 'terps. Well, we're not going to CT him right away. There are two other fellows before him. “Get a plain film of his head, Tim. […] ”

Adjective

CT (not comparable)

  2. (science fiction) Initialism of contraterrene.

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Proper noun

CT

  1. Abbreviation of Constanța, a county in Romania.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia