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Tight frame
A tight frame is a collection of vectors in a Hilbert space with a constant bound A such that every vector has a simple reconstruction formula.
Tight hymenal ring
Tight hymenal ring (rigid hymen, tight introitus; ICD-11 LB42.3, ICD-10-CM N89.6): a constricted hymenal opening causing dyspareunia and tampon or penetration difficulty, distinct from imperforate hymen, managed with dilation or minor surgery.
Tight junction
Tight junction (zonula occludens): cell–cell adhesion complex of epithelia and endothelia sealing the paracellular space; built from claudins, occludin, JAMs, and ZO scaffold proteins; controls ion-selective permeability, cell polarity, and barrier disease.
Tight junction protein ZO-2
Tight junction protein ZO-2 (TJP2, zonula occludens 2) is a 160 kDa MAGUK-family scaffold at epithelial tight junctions that binds claudins and occludin, shuttles to the nucleus as a transcriptional repressor, and whose biallelic TJP2 mutations cause PFIC4 cholestasis and Amish familial hypercholanemia.
Tight-binding method
The tight-binding method is a semi-empirical electronic-structure method that expands crystal wavefunctions in localized atomic orbitals to compute band structures, sitting between fast empirical force fields and slower, more accurate ab initio methods.
Tight-binding model
The tight-binding model, first developed by Felix Bloch in 1928, is a band theory method describing electrons in solids as localized atomic orbitals with hopping integrals, fast compared with ab initio methods.
Tightness of measures
Tightness of measures, or tightness of a measure, is the property that a family of probability measures puts mass at least 1 − ε on one compact set for every ε > 0.
Tightrope
Tightrope (1984) is an American psychological crime thriller, Richard Tuggle's directorial debut, starring Clint Eastwood as New Orleans detective Wes Block hunting a killer of prostitutes whose tastes mirror his own; it grossed $48.1 million and holds an 86% Tomatometer.
Tightrope walking
Tightrope walking, or funambulism, is performing on a wire stretched between two points, from ancient rope dancing to circus tightwire, Blondin, Philippe Petit, and Nik Wallenda, distinct from slacklining.
Tights
Tights are a single knitted garment covering the legs from waist to toes, also called pantyhose when sheer. Invented by Allen Gant (PantiLegs, 1959), popularized by Mary Quant and the miniskirt, made mainly of nylon and elastane.
TIGIT
TIGIT (T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains) is an inhibitory immune checkpoint receptor on T and NK cells, identified in 2009, binding CD155; anti-TIGIT drugs like tiragolumab largely failed phase III trials.
Tiglath-Pileser I
Tiglath-Pileser I, also Tukulti-apil-Esharra I, was king of Assyria from 1114 to 1076 BC whose campaigns reached the Mediterranean and who composed the first known royal annals.
Tiglath-Pileser I's Aramaean campaigns
Tiglath-Pileser I's Aramaean campaigns were the military operations of the Middle Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I (r. 1114–1076 BC) against the Aḫlamû-Arameans of the Middle Euphrates.
Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns
Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns were the military expeditions of the Middle Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser I (r. 1114–1076 BC) against the Mushki, the Arameans, and Babylonia, reaching the Mediterranean.
Tiglath-Pileser II
Tiglath-Pileser II (Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II) was king of Assyria from 966 to 935 BC, the son of Ashur-resh-ishi II and father of Ashur-dan II, during Assyria's recovery from a century of collapse.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III, also known as Pul and Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III, was king of Assyria from 745 to 727 BC and briefly king of Babylon, annexing Aram-Damascus and most of Israel.
Tiglath-pileser III's Babylonian campaign
Tiglath-pileser III's Babylonian campaign was an Assyrian intervention in Babylonia from 731 to 729 BC that defeated Mukin-zeri and put Tiglath-pileser on the Babylonian throne.
Tiglath-Pileser III's campaign to Philistia and Transjordan
Tiglath-Pileser III's campaign to Philistia and Transjordan was a series of Assyrian campaigns in 734–732 BC that reduced the Philistine cities and Galilee to tribute and annexed Damascus.
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia were the Assyrian king's operations of 734 to 732 BC against Gaza, Ashkelon, Arab tribes, and Transjordanian kingdoms, ending in Assyrian control.
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media were Assyrian military operations against the Median chieftains of the Iranian plateau, beginning in 744 BC and reaching the Salt Desert in 737.
Tiglath-Pileser III's Syro-Hittite campaigns
The Levantine campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III (743–738 BC) were Assyrian operations that defeated Urartu, annexed Arpad after a three-year siege, and took Unqi and Hamat.
Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign
Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign was the Assyrian offensive of 743 BC, in which Tiglath-pileser III routed Sarduri II of Urartu and his Syrian allies in Kummuḫ (Commagene).
Tigmanshu Dhulia (तिग्मांशु धूलिया)
Tigmanshu Dhulia (तिग्मांशु धूलिया) is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, known for Haasil (2003), Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster, and Paan Singh Tomar (2012).
Tigo Energy
Tigo Energy is a module-level power electronics company for solar photovoltaic systems, founded in 2007, listed on Nasdaq as TYGO, with about 16.6 million devices shipped in over 100 countries.
Tigon
Tigon: hybrid of a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a female lion, the reciprocal of the liger; smaller than either parent due to imprinting, males sterile, famously bred at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata.
Tigra
Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a Marvel Comics superheroine, a catlike were-woman first appearing as The Cat in The Cat #1 (1972) and transformed by the Cat People in Giant-Size Creatures #1 (1974); a former Avenger and West Coast Avenger, distinct from the Ultimate Marvel Tigra and from DC's Vixen.
Tigran Chukhajian
Tigran Chukhajian, also rendered Dikran Tchouhadjian or Çuhacıyan, was an Armenian composer and conductor who wrote the first Armenian opera, Arshak II (1868), and founded the Armenian musical theater.
Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան)
Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան), 1929–1984, Soviet-Armenian grandmaster and ninth World Chess Champion (1963–1969), nicknamed Iron Tigran for prophylactic defense and the positional exchange sacrifice; beat Botvinnik 1963, lost to Spassky 1969.
Tigranakert
Tigranakert (Tigranocerta): cities named for Tigranes II the Great; the Artsakh site near Shahbulagh, over 70 ha, excavated 2006–2020, under Azerbaijani control since 2020.
Tigranes the Great (Տիգրան Մեծ)
Tigranes the Great (Tigran II, Տիգրան Մեծ), king of Armenia 95–55 BCE of the Artaxiad dynasty, built an empire of over 1,000,000 km², took the title king of kings, and submitted to Pompey in 66 BCE.