PET
noun
- positron emission tomography
noun
- animal kept for companionship and a person's enjoyment
verb
- pat gently
adjective
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Pronunciation: /pɛt/ / [pʰɛt] / [pʰɛʔ]
adj
Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun.
- Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
“a pet project”
“a pet child”
- Kept or treated as a pet.
“pet rock”
- Good; ideal.
““Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.””
name
Etymology: The name of the computer (noun sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
- Initialism of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
“But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.”
noun
Etymology: The name of the computer (noun sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
- Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.
“An effort was made to fit the flexible tube at least 3 mm deep onto the vasculature; (2) for the remaining systems, 3D-printed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reservoir blocks were manufactured by PrintPlace using FDM technology. The additively manufactured PET reservoir blocks were previously applied and proven to effectively circulate the agent through the healing network [6].”
- Acronym of positron emission tomography.
“He [Rob Beanlands] is a founding director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, the first facility in Canada dedicated to the use of PET (positron-emission tomography) as a non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tool. PET technology can help determine whether areas of the heart muscle are receiving enough blood, if there is heart damage or scar tissue in the heart, or if there is a buildup of abnormal substances in the heart muscle.”
- Acronym of paired-end tag.
- Acronym of personal electronic transactor, a line of personal computers produced by Commodore International.
“Why is the order of graphical characters in the PETSCII table so seemingly haphazard? The answer is that arrangement was dictated by the PET keyboard design, a hardware-driven decision.”
- Initialism of perineal ectopic testis (a rare congenital anomaly of the testis).
verb
Etymology: Clipping of petulance.
- To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with.
“Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it”