Definition of Tau

1. Noun. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Group relationships: Greek Alphabet
Generic synonyms: Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet

Definition of Tau

1. n. The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (τ).

2. n. The nineteenth letter (Τ, τ) of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to English t.

Definition of Tau

1. Noun. The name of the letter T/? in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. ¹

2. Noun. A (polytonic ?)-shaped sign or structure; a St. Anthony's cross, sometimes considered as a sacred symbol. ¹

3. Noun. (context: particles dated) A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon. ¹

4. Noun. (context: particles) An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron; a tauon. ¹

5. Noun. (biology) A type of protein used to stabilise microtubules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tau

1. a Greek letter [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tau

1. Label generally used to represent confinement time (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tau

tattowed
tattowing
tattows
tatts
tatty
tatty bye
tatty cake
tatty cakes
tatty scone
tatu
tatued
tatuing
tatus
tatusiid
tatyanaite
tau (current term)
tau-minus particle
tau-plus particle
tau-protein kinase
tau-tubulin kinase
tau coefficient of correlation
tau cross
tau lepton
tau leptons
tau neutrino
tau neutrinos
tau proteins
taube
taubes
taught

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