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tics

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tics.

Editorial note

It's tardive dyskinesia, and the term is typically used to denote the facial tics that are a sometimes permanent side effect of older antipsychotics.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Initialism of tourist information centre.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tics gathered in one view.

noun

Initialism of tourist information centre.

noun

Initialism of thermal imaging camera.

noun

(neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tics.

noun

Initialism of tourist information centre.

noun

Initialism of thermal imaging camera.

noun

(neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.

noun

(by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.

Example sentences

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It's tardive dyskinesia, and the term is typically used to denote the facial tics that are a sometimes permanent side effect of older antipsychotics.

2

Some value tics on the axis for price points and screen size would improve this.

3

The verbal tics in Tourettes are impossible to hold back when they come, but commenting online is not the same as verbalising.

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Especially in a city where subdividing (TICs) is common, you won't spontaneously get collectivization.

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Again TICs are just the way multiple people own a single real estate.

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But then, nerds have so many terrible personality tics like that, which is why they/we are considered socially ungraceful.

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This game is primarily played with rent controlled units and TICs.

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TICs have a variety of negative implications, including complicating mortgages.

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Live communication is full of repetition, verbal tics, and inexactness.

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This is what plea bargaining and TICs are for.

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Know your body and your mind and your tics.

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BTW - TICs have an unusual meaning in SF.

Quote examples

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TICs just happen to be the best exit for a building that has been "Ellis Acted" and therefore cannot be rented for several years.

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As i said the main thing I took away was a heightened awareness of these little "tics" people employ naturally.

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And it’s al­so a pol­i­cy prob­lem, noth­ing to do with tech­nol­o­gy; the so­lu­tions lie in the do­mains of pol­i­tics and law." Political and legal solutions are effectively intractable; any technological path which leads to a requirement for one ought to be abandoned.

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On "still leaves thousands (if not hundred of thousands) of collisions", here's some research: "In 2010, Eckersley demonstrated that benign characteris- tics of a browser's environment, like the screen dimensions and list of installed fonts, could be combined to create a unique device-speci c ngerprint [7].

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use tics in a sentence?

It's tardive dyskinesia, and the term is typically used to denote the facial tics that are a sometimes permanent side effect of older antipsychotics.

What does tics mean?

Initialism of tourist information centre.

What part of speech is tics?

tics is commonly used as noun.