tau
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- noun
- /taʊ/
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tau
- The Swedish Academy cites Perl "for the discovery of the tau lepton" in 1975.
- tau lepton
- tau neutrino
- discovery of the tau
What's E to the I Tau one?
- What's E to the I Tau one?
- But we could say right at the start that there is this concept of Tau.
Examples
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That's the Greek letter Tau and that's the target payout ratio.
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The Greek letter tau is commonly used in mathematics and science to represent various constants.
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In the Greek alphabet, the letter tau is located after sigma and before upsilon.
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Students in the class learned that the letter tau corresponds to the numeral 300 in Greek numerals.
Compounds
- Specialized
A bottom-dwelling fish with slimy skin, a broad head, and a wide mouth called the oyster toadfish
- Specialized
A very small particle linked to the tau, a heavy particle like an electron
- Specialized
A heavy, short-lived tiny part of matter like an electron but much heavier
- Specialized
A tiny particle with a positive charge like an electron but much heavier
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tau is the Greek name for the letter and comes from an old Middle Eastern word taw meaning 'mark' or 'sign'. Its shape is like the English letter T, so a helpful way to remember tau is that it is a letter often used as a symbol in math and science.