Definify.com

Definition 2024


TMI

TMI

English

Noun

TMI (countable and uncountable, plural TMIs)

  1. (chemistry) trimethylindium, the most preferred metallorganic source of Indium used in MOCVD of compound semiconductors for opto-electronics applications.
  2. (informal) Too much information, an expression indicating that someone has divulged too much personal information and made the listener/viewer uncomfortable.
    He began to talk about his last trip to the underwear store. I told him, TMI!
    When Chris updated his status with "just ate entirely too much. Should make for a great bm to share with someone later," I thought it was TMI.
  3. (psychology) transmarginal inhibition, an organism’s response to overwhelming stimuli.
  4. (video, color correction) Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity
  5. (Solar System astrodynamics) trans-Mars injection, an orbital burn (rocket firing) used to change orbit from local orbit, to a Mars transfer orbit (a Solar orbit that will intercept the planet Mars).

Coordinate terms

(trans-Mars injection):

  • trans-lunar injection , TLI
  • Mars transfer orbit , MTO
  • lunar transfer orbit , LTO
  • geostationary transfer orbit , GTO
  • geosynchronous transfer orbit , GTO
  • geostationary orbit , GEO
  • geosynchronous orbit , GSO

See also

(trans-Mars injection):

Anagrams