Ability of an individual to go to and from the toilet unassisted. Also see activities of daily living (ADLs) .
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Token payment
Small reimbursement for a medical service or supply item. Also called hesitation payment or nominal payment .
Tokyo Convention (1963)
This Convention deals with offences and certain other acts including unlawful seizure of aircraft, committed on board the aircraft. The Indian Parliament passed the Act to give effect to this Tokyo Convention, 1963. The Act provides for application of Indian criminal Law to aircraft as follows: “Any act or omission taking place on board an Indian registered aircraft while in flight elsewhere, which if taking place in India, would constitute an offence under any law in force in India, shall constitute that offence.”
Tomograph
Special type of x-ray imaging apparatus that makes a record (tomogram) of slices through a body structure to obliterate overlying structures (e.g., study of the kidneys or temporomandibular joints).
Tomography
Recording of internal body images at a predetermined plane (sectional imaging) by means of the tomography. Also called body section radiography .
Ton
Freight rates for liner cargo generally are quoted on the basis of a certain rate per ton, depending on the nature of the commodity. This ton, however, may be weigh ton or a measurement ton.
Ton-Deadweight
Indicates the carrying capacity of the ship in terms of the weight in tons of the cargo, fuel, provisions and passengers which a vessel can carry.
Ton-Displacement
The weight of the volume of water which the fully loaded ship displaces.
Ton-Kilometer
Measure of airline freight capacity
Ton-Registered
Indicates the cubical contents or burden of a vessel in tons of 100 cubic feet. The space within a vessel in units of 100 cubic feet.