n 1: a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: titanium, Ti, atomic number 22] 2: shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii [syn: ti, Cordyline terminalis] 3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]
I. nounEtymology: Tahitian, Marquesan, Samoan, & Maori Date: 1832 any of several Asian and Pacific trees or shrubs (genus Cordyline) of the agave family with leaves in terminal tufts II. nounEtymology: alteration of siDate: 1839 the seventh tone of the diatonic scale in solmization