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Transept

Part of a Christian church crossing the area between the nave and the chancel, forming a characteristic cruciform shape.

Tree of Jesse

Artistic depiction of Jesus's family tree, establishing him as a descendent of King David, and therefore the rightful Messiah.

Triangulation pillars

Pillars erected by the Ordnance Survey to allow more accurate maps of Great Britain to be produced.

Trig point

Redirected to triangulation pillars.

Troxler Effect

Perceptual illusion in which an image in peripheral vision disappears.

Turing Test

Test to determine whether a machine is capable of simulating human cognition, widely but erroneously believed to be the benchmark for artificial intelligence.

Turlington’s Balsam

Turlington's Balsam of Life was a patent medicine developed by English merchant Robert Turlington, patented in 1744.

Turton Tower

Former manor house incorporating a pele tower, in Turton, Lancashire.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are nursery rhyme characters most closely associated in the popular imagination with the characters of the same name in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).

Twelve Stories and A Dream

Collection of 13 short stories by H. G. Wells, first published in 1903.