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Names
- TimothyTimothy (name)Timothy is a masculine given name. It comes from the Greek name meaning "honoring God" or "honored by God". It is a common name in several countries, including non-English speaking ones....
or Tim, for short - Tim (film)Tim (film)Tim is an Australian romantic drama film. Released in 1979, it was written and directed by Michael Pate, based on the 1974 novel by Colleen McCullough....
, the Australian movie
People
- Tim, the Oldenburg BabyOldenburg BabyThe Oldenburg Baby was the name given by German media to Tim, a child born with Down Syndrome at the Städtische Frauenklinik hospital in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany on 6 July 1997...
, abortion survivor - Tim (singer)Tim (singer)Hwang Young-Min , best known by his stage name Tim , is a Korean American k-pop ballad singer. His songs are mostly about unrequited love or parted lovers. He has come into the spotlight as the next successor of male ballad singers in South Korea after Shin Seung Hun. and Lee Seung-Hwan...
, popular K-pop solo singer - Tiny Tim (musician)Tiny Tim (musician)Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...
, American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist - TimatiTimatiTimur Ildarovich Yunusov , better known by his stage name Timati , is an Russian rapper and actor.-Early life:Timur Ildarovich Yunusov was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow, Soviet Union to an ethnically mixed family of Tatar father Ildar Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yunusova , he also has a...
, Russian hip-hop singer - TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, American musician and musical producer - Tim BorowskiTim BorowskiTim Borowski is a German footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Werder Bremen. He is a central midfielder, adept at tackling and attacking although best known for his passing and vision.-Early career:...
, German football (soccer) player - Tim CahillTim CahillTimothy Filiga "Tim" Cahill is an football player of Australian nationality who plays for Everton and the Australian national football team...
, Australian professional football (soccer) player - Tim HooglandTim HooglandTim Hoogland is a German footballer who plays for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. Primarily a right back, Hoogland is also capable of playing in midfield.-Career:...
, German football (soccer) player - Tim LincecumTim LincecumTimothy Leroy Lincecum is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "The Freak" and "Big Time Timmy Jim" and "The Franchise." He throws right-handed and bats left-handed....
, American MLB starting pitcher - Tim McIlrathTim McIlrathTimothy "Tim" James McIlrath is an American punk rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder for the American punk rock band Rise Against. McIlrath is known to support animal rights and actively promotes PETA with his band...
, American Singer. Guitarist, Rise AgainstRise AgainstRise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim McIlrath , Zach Blair , Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes .Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it... - Tim WakefieldTim WakefieldTimothy Stephen Wakefield is an American professional baseball pitcher. Wakefield began pitching with the Red Sox in 1995, making him the longest-serving player currently on the team. Wakefield is also the oldest current active player in the majors, and one of two active knuckleballers, the other...
, American baseball player - Tim WieseTim WieseTim Wiese is a German goalkeeper who currently plays for Werder Bremen and the German national team. He joined Werder Bremen in 2005 from Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga.-Fortuna Köln:...
, German football (soccer) goalkeeper - Tim ArmstrongTim ArmstrongTimothy Lockwood Armstrong is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, Downfall, and the Transplants. He is also the owner and operator of Hellcat Records.-Personal life:Armstrong was born November 25, 1965 and was...
, Punk Rock musician - Tim BurtonTim BurtonTimothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
, American filmmaker, artist and writer
Characters
- Tinny Tim, a child robot, from the television series Futurama
- Tim (Robots), a fictional robot from the movie Robots
- Tim the EnchanterTim the EnchanterTim the Enchanter is a fictional character from Monty Python's 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail played by John Cleese. In the play Spamalot based on the movie, the part was originally played by Hank Azaria. Tim is a strange reclusive wizard or conjurer who wears ram horns on his...
from Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)Timothy Cratchit, called "Tiny Tim", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the young son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices...
, a character from A Christmas Carol - Tim the Bear, a character from The Cleveland Show
- The Life and Times of Tim, an animated show with adult themes on HBO
- Tim Rimmer, a character in the movie CarsCars (film)Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney...
- Tim Okazaki, a character in the Australian mockumentary series Angry BoysAngry BoysAngry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show explores the issues faced by young males in the 21st century – their influences, their pressures, their dreams and ambitions...
Places
- Tim (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Kursk OblastKursk OblastKursk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kursk.-Geography:The oblast occupies the southern slopes of the middle-Russian plateau, and its average elevation is from 177 to 225 meters . The surface is hilly, and intersected by ravines...
, Russia
Music
- Tim (album)Tim (album)Tim is an album released in October 1985 on Sire Records by the alternative rock band The Replacements. It was their first major label release...
, an album by The Replacements
TIM may refer to:
In technology
- Telecom Italia MobileTelecom Italia MobileTIM is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and Brazil.In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance.TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro...
- Thermal interface materialThermal interface materialThermal interfacial materials are thermally conductive materials, which are applied to increase Thermal contact conductance across jointed solid surfaces, such as between microprocessors and heatsinks, in order to increase thermal transfer efficiency. These gaps are normally filled with air which...
- Transient intermodulation distortion
In chemistry and biology
- Triosephosphate isomerase
- ThioisomescalineTIM (psychedelics)TIM, or thioisomescaline, is a series of lesser-known psychedelic drugs similar in structure to mescaline. They were first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book PiHKAL , none of their durations are known...
, a series of psychedelic drugs - IodoformIodoformIodoform is the organoiodine compound with the formula CHI3. A pale yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, it has a penetrating odor and, analogous to chloroform, sweetish taste. It is occasionally used as a disinfectant...
or triiodomethane, a trihalomethaneTrihalomethaneTrihalomethanes are chemical compounds in which three of the four hydrogen atoms of methane are replaced by halogen atoms. Many trihalomethanes find uses in industry as solvents or refrigerants. THMs are also environmental pollutants, and many are considered carcinogenic... - A proteinProteinProteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...
of human (and mice) T-cells. They are immunoglobulin-containing molecules. For example (TIM)3 is a T helper cell. - The Translocase of the inner membraneTranslocase of the inner membraneThe translocase of the inner membrane is a complex of proteins found in the inner mitochondrial membrane of the mitochondria. Components of the TIM complex facilitate the translocation of proteins across the inner membrane and into the matrix...
(TIM) is a complex of proteins found in the inner mitochondrial membrane of the mitochondria. - The gene TimelessTimeless (gene)Timeless is a gene in Drosophila which encodes TIM, an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythms. Timeless mRNA and protein oscillate rhythmically with time as part of a transcription-translation [negative feedback] loop involving the period gene and its protein.-Discovery:Timeless was...
, involved in the fly circadian clock.
Other
- TIM (Owarai)TIM (Owarai)TIM is the name of a Japanese comedy unit . The unit consists of Red Yoshida and Golgo Matsumoto . They are most famous for their antics on the owarai show Uchimura Produce, as well as various children's shows such as Tensai Terebikun MAX...
, a Japanese comedy unit - Tiako I MadagasikaraTiako I MadagasikaraTiako I Madagasikara is a political party in Madagascar founded by a group of individuals on July 3, 2002 to support President Marc Ravalomanana. It is now the largest party in the National Assembly of Madagascar with 106 of 127 seats, after the parliamentary election held on September 23, 2007....
, a Malagasy political party - TIM (Tomorrow People)TIM (Tomorrow People)TIM is a fictional character from the British 1970s television series The Tomorrow People. His first appearance is in "The Slaves of Jedikiah", and appeared in every episode until the series ended. TIM is voiced by Philip Gilbert. Gilbert revived the character in the Tomorrow People audio series...
, the biological computer used by the Telepaths, in The Tomorrow People - The Incredible Machine (TIM), game series for PC
- The speaking clockSpeaking clockA speaking clock service is a recorded or simulated human voice service, usually accessed by telephone, that gives the correct time. The first telephone speaking clock service was introduced in France, in association with the Paris Observatory on 14 February 1933.The format of the service is...
telephone service in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, originally obtained by dialling TIM (846) - TIM (firm), an economic firm in VarnaVarnaVarna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, Bulgaria - A term for supporters of Glasgow CelticCeltic F.C.Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
football club. - Treasure Island MediaTreasure Island MediaTreasure Island Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio founded in 1998 by director Paul Morris and specializing in bareback films. The studio is named after Morris's favorite childhood book, Treasure Island. In addition to the original San Francisco office, T.I.M. has production...
(TIM), a gay pornographic studio