TA

Symbol

TA

1. (metrology) Symbol for the teraampere, an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10¹² amperes.

Noun

TA (plural TAs)

1. Transportation authority
2. teaching assistant
3. Territorial Army
4. travel agent

Verb

TA (third-person singular simple present TAs or TA's, present participle TAing or TA'ing, simple past and past participle TAd or TA'd)

1. (intransitive) To act as a teaching assistant.

   The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.

Symbol

TA

1. tera amp

Anagrams

• 'at, A-T, AT, at, at-

Alternative forms

• ta, Ta

Pronunciation

Pronoun

TA

1. An alternative spelling of the third-person pronoun 他 (tā) that is explicitly gender-neutral: they; them

References

• Victor Mair, "The degendering of the third person pronoun in Mandarin". Language Log.
• Victor Mair, "Roman-letter Mandarin pronoun of indeterminate gender". Language Log.

Abbreviation

TA

1. Tamaulipas (Mexican state)