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TPE may refer to:

  • Total Power Exchange, a BDSM term relating to the concept of power exchange in a D/s relationship
  • Thermoplastic elastomer, materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties
  • Chinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA country code: TPE), the designated name used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) to participate in international organizations
  • Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (IATA code: TPE), an airport serving Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Tampines Expressway, a major highway in Singapore
  • Ton Petroleum Equivalent, or ton of oil equivalent, a parameter used in renewable energy (equivalent to 45,217.44 megajoules)
  • Teton Petroleum Company (AMEX ticker symbol: TPE), an oil and gas exploration company operating in Russia
  • Portuguese Timorese escudo, (ISO 4217 currency code: TPE), the former currency of Portuguese Timor
  • TransPennine Express, a train operating company in the United Kingdom
  • Teaching Performance Expectations
  • Trans-Pacific Express
  • Transfer Price Evaluation, a common term for the estimated market value of a player in the online football management game Hattrick
  • Towards Performance Excellence, an organizational framework introduced by Jacques Kemp, CEO of ING in Asia Pacific, which moves an organization from aligned strategy to aligned execution

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Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) -- The TPE Ankle-Foot Orthosis and The TPE Biomechanical-Foot Orthosis - Journal of ... (2576 words)
TPE belongs to the category of plastics referred to as ethylene propylene thermoplastic vulcanite's, and therefore, has performance characteristics which are similar to that of vulcanized rubber.
TPE is an FDA approved plastic and should be used with the same professional discretion commensurate to that of other plastics used in orthotics and prosthetics.
Unique to TPE is its ability to enable the foot to flexibly adapt to the ground at heel-strike through midstance, then to support the foot at midstance and allow it to propel as necessary from midstance through terminal stance.
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