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- noun chemistry
trimethylindium , the most preferredmetallorganic source ofIndium used inMOCVD of compoundsemiconductors foropto -electronics applications. - noun informal
Too much information , an expression indicating that someone has divulged too much personal information and made the listener/viewer uncomfortable. - noun psychology
transmarginal inhibition , an organism’s response to overwhelming stimuli. - noun
Temperature ,Magenta /Green levels , andIntensity
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Examples
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Denton, now 79 and retired from the NRC, says he had official backing to speak candidly to the public about the disaster at Three Mile Island, ((which he refers to TMI)).
Earlier US Nuclear Accident Provides Lessons for Japan Disaster 2011
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The expression TMI (too much information) comes to mind when reading what the 32-year-old singer had to say about his ...
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The expression TMI (too much information) could've been hatched expressly for this movie.
latimes.com - News 2010
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The expression TMI (too much information) could've been hatched expressly for this movie.
latimes.com - News 2010
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The expression TMI (too much information) comes to mind when reading what the 32-year-old singer had to say about his ...
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The expression TMI (too much information) comes to mind when reading what the 32-year-old singer had to say about his ... tmz. com 3 days ago - Filed under: John Mayer John Mayer apologized a second time last night for his controversial Playboy comments -- this time to his band ... some of whom are African American.
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How can we find them amidst the clangor and the clutter of 'TMI' -- too much information?
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The second column was similarly on the subject of privacy concerns, raised by spilling "TMI" -- too much information -- from the databases behind web sites.
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My column denounced, deplored, and decried this spillage of "TMI" -- too much information -- from the databases behind the YouTube web site.
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Her comments about her "stinky, snorey" husband in the marital bed triggered collective shouts of "TMI" - too much information.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word TMI
I have two good friends married to nurses. This TLA is very well used among us.
December 21, 2009
bilby commented on the word TMI
What is it? I've never heard it. Nor can I make much sense of vexamples like:
"(Oops - TMI, sorry) consistent, I'm on junk, can't stop nodding scratch." — Athletics Nation
December 21, 2009
Telofy commented on the word TMI
Too Much Information
December 21, 2009
reesetee commented on the word TMI
Or Three Mile Island (which is what most of us in central PA think of first). See lowercase tmi.
December 22, 2009
madmouth commented on the word TMI
lowercase 'tmi' is a valid word-initial syllable in SBC (e.g. tmina - gloom)
December 22, 2009