Tess

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
2. A surname from German.
3. Initialism of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a planned space telescope for NASA's Explorers program.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen⟳ from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.”

“The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron⟳ out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine⟳ how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.”

CEFR level