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  • Texture gradient

    A distance cue based on changes in surface texture, which depends upon the distance of the observer.  

  • Textured vegetable protein

    A processed protein derived from soybeans, often formulated to appear as familiar meat products. TVP, short for textured vegetable protein, is a meat alternative produced by shaping defatted soybean flour into a dough and subjecting it to steam cooking while being extruded. With a texture reminiscent of ground beef, it can be utilized as a…

  • Textbook method

    A teacher-centered approach in which the student reads aloud or silently a specific text assignment. This is usually repeated until the whole textbook has been read.  

  • Textbook censorship

    The process employed by some groups for determining which textbooks meet their standard, and forcing states or school districts to reject others that may not present the groups’ views on a subject as they would like.  

  • Textbook

    A publication of a specific educational discipline that contains the standard information and logical order of learning related to the subject matter. A book which is used by students.  

  • Test tube fertilization

    In vitro fertilization.  

  • Test tube

    A misnomer. A small glass tube with a rounded bottom, used in laboratories to hold samples of liquids. A tube of thin glass closed at one end, which is used for observing chemical reactions or for bacterial culture. A glass tube closed at one end. It is used in laboratory sciences to hold chemicals and…

  • Test-retest method

    A method of establishing reliability that involves giving the test twice to the same sample of persons.  

  • Test profile

    A graphic indication of a person’s performance on several components of a test. This is frequently useful for guidance or clinical evaluation as it indicates which abilities or traits are relatively high or low for that person.  

  • Testis

    The male gonad that produces spermatozoa and testosterone (pi. testes, testicles). One of two male sex glands in the scrotum. Testes, either of a pair of male gonads, or sex glands, that produces sperm and secretes androgens. The adult testes, each about 1½ inches (4 centimeters) long and oval-shaped, are suspended in the scrotum below…

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