TIM
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone.
Proper noun
TIM
- (British) A nickname for the speaking clock.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
- (trans-identified male): when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim.
Alternative forms
Noun
TIM (countable and uncountable, plural TIMs)
- (usually derogatory, offensive, dysphemistic) Initialism of trans-identified male.
- (electronics) Initialism of time interval meter.
- Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase.
- Abbreviation of time-in-minutes.
- (cytology) Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane
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Italian
Proper noun
TIM ?
- Initialism of Telecom Italia Mobile (“a mobile phone network”).