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Trapped ion mobility spectrometry

Trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) is an ion mobility method in mass spectrometry that holds ions against a gas flow and releases them by lowering the electric field.

Trapped ion quantum memory

A trapped ion quantum memory is a quantum memory that stores a quantum state in a single trapped ion, serving as the stationary qubit in quantum repeaters.

Trapped-ion quantum computer

A trapped-ion quantum computer is a quantum processor whose qubits are electronic states of charged atoms held in vacuum by electromagnetic fields, first demonstrated in 1995.

Trapped-ion quantum simulation of long-range spin models

Trapped-ion quantum simulation of long-range spin models uses laser-cooled ion crystals as spin-1/2 qubits to simulate quantum magnets with power-law couplings tunable by laser detuning, from frustrated Ising models to 300-ion Penning-trap arrays.

Trapped-ion quantum simulator

A trapped-ion quantum simulator uses atomic ions held in electromagnetic traps as controllable quantum systems that imitate quantum models too hard for classical computers, with long coherence times and programmable operations.

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D., CBS medical drama 1979–1986, spin-off of MASH; Pernell Roberts as Trapper John McIntyre, Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial, with Gregory Harrison as Gonzo Gates; 151 episodes, 7 seasons.

Trapper Keeper

The Trapper Keeper is a plastic school binder made by Mead, distinguished by angled Trapper folders that grip loose papers and a snap or Velcro closure; it launched in 1978 and peaked in the 1980s.

Trapper Peak

Trapper Peak, Montana's 10,157-ft summit in Ravalli County, is the highest peak of the Bitterroot Mountains and Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, named in 1876, with a 4-mile hiking trail near Darby.

Trapping

Trapping: capturing wild animals with restraining traps (cage, leg-hold, snare) or killing traps (body-grip, snap) for fur, pest control, conservation, and research; key issues are welfare standards, selectivity, and regulation.

Trappist beer

Trappist beer: beer brewed under Trappist monk supervision and certified with the ITA's Authentic Trappist Product label; ten abbeys brew it, distinct from abbey beer.

TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1, also known as SPECULOOS-1, is an ultracool red dwarf star about 40 light-years from Earth in Aquarius with seven Earth-sized, probably rocky planets, three in the habitable zone.

TRAPPIST-1e

TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 about 40 light-years away, discovered in 2017 and located in the star's habitable zone.

Trappists

Trappists, formally the Reformed Cistercians of the Strict Observance, are a Roman Catholic monastic order named after La Trappe abbey, where de Rancé's 17th-century reform began.

Trapsoul

Trapsoul, also trap soul, is an R&B style blending trap production (808s, hi-hats) with soulful R&B melodies at 60-90 BPM. Named by a fan on SoundCloud, it is best known through Bryson Tiller's 2015 album T R A P S O U L and his Trapsoul/RCA label.

Trapt

Trapt is an American hard rock band formed in 1995 in Los Gatos, California, best known for the 2002 platinum hit single "Headstrong" from their Warner Bros. debut album; later albums include Someone in Control (2005), DNA (2016), and Shadow Work (2020).

TRAPUM

TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with MeerKAT) is a survey project on the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa that searches for pulsars and fast radio transients.

Trapunto and corded quilting

Trapunto and corded quilting are whitework techniques that raise quilted motifs with stuffing or cord inserted between fabric layers; originating in fourteenth-century Sicily, popularized in Marseilles, and widely practiced in nineteenth-century America.

TraQ trial

TraQ trial (NCT05085808), a withdrawn phase 4 USC pilot randomized trial comparing trazodone, quetiapine, and placebo for ICU delirium in surgical ICU patients at Keck Hospital; planned 30 patients, primary outcome delirium duration by CAM-ICU.

Trarza

Trarza (الترارزة) is a region of southwestern Mauritania, seat of a precolonial Moorish emirate founded after the Char Bouba war, now a 67,000 km² wilaya on the Senegal River with Rosso and Boutilimit.

TRAS study

TRAS study (NCT04225338) is a retrospective cohort study at Brazil's Federal University of São Paulo evaluating 8-year mortality and graft failure after percutaneous intervention for transplant renal artery stenosis.

Trasadasyu

Trasadasyu (त्रसदस्यु) was a Rigvedic king, son of Purukutsa, praised in the Rigveda as a generous patron and warrior, and called half a god in his own hymn.

Trash (2014 film)

Trash (2014) is a Stephen Daldry crime thriller, Richard Curtis's adaptation of Andy Mulligan's novel, about three Rio trash-picking teens hunted by corrupt police after finding a wallet; BAFTA-nominated, starring Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura.

Trash (Alice Cooper album)

Trash (1989) is Alice Cooper's eighteenth studio album, his Epic Records debut produced by Desmond Child. The glam metal comeback featuring "Poison" sold over two million copies, peaked at number 2 in the UK, and remains his biggest-selling album.

Trash Boat

Trash Boat is an English pop-punk band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, formed in 2014 and fronted by vocalist Tobi Duncan, with four studio albums on Hopeless Records from 2016 to 2024.

Trash Mountain

Trash Mountain is a 2026 American comedy-drama directed by Kris Rey, written by Caleb Hearon and Ruby Caster, starring Hearon, Zooey Deschanel, Jacki Weaver, Kyle Marvin, and Jaboukie Young-White. A gay Chicago man returns to rural Missouri after his hoarder father dies; premiered at TIFF 2026 Centrepiece, distinct from other works of the same name.

Trash rack

A trash rack is an array of parallel bars installed at a hydropower, pump, or spillway intake to block debris while water passes to turbines, often diverting fish.

Trash stream

A trash stream, also known as patostreaming, is a live broadcast in which the host performs shocking or dangerous acts for viewer donations, common on YouTube, Twitch, and Kick.

Trashcan Sinatras

Trashcan Sinatras (The Trash Can Sinatras) are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Irvine in 1986, known for Cake (1990), Obscurity Knocks, jangly guitars, wordplay, and seven albums including Ever the Optimist (2026).

Trask Dorsum

Trask Dorsum is a 360-km-long ridge (dorsum) on Mercury at 56.22N, 333.83W, IAU-approved August 18, 2026 and named for American geologist Newell J. Trask (1930-2017), a pioneer of Mercury geologic mapping.

Trasti

Trasti, the brand of legal entity HPI GMA S.A., is a Warsaw-based insurtech that sells digital motor insurance in Poland as managing general agent for Slovenia's Triglav insurer.