HyperDic: ct

English > 2 senses of the word CT:
NOUN	location	CT, Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, Ct.	a New England state
NOUN	act	CT, computerized tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT	a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

CT > pronunciation
Sounds	kao'rt
Rhymes	abort ... wart: 48 rhymes with aort...

English > CT: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies.
Synonyms	Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, Ct.
Instance of	American state	One of the 50 states of the United States
Part of	New England	A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
Part of	United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Parts	Bridgeport	A port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
	Farmington	A residential town in central Connecticut
	Hartford, capital of Connecticut	The state capital of Connecticut
	Housatonic, Housatonic River	A river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound
	Long Island Sound	A sound between Long Island and Connecticut
	New Haven	A city in southwestern Connecticut
	New London	A town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound
	Taconic Mountains	A range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
	Waterbury	A city in west central Connecticut
Spanish	Connecticut
Catalan	Connecticut

English > CT: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis.
Synonyms	computerized tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT
Broader	X-raying, X-radiation	Obtaining images by the use of X rays

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