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tau | tat |

As a noun tau

is lung.

As an adjective tat is

dense, thick or crowded.

tau

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The name of the letter and Modern Greek, the twenty-first letter of Old and [[Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek.
  • A -shaped sign or structure; a , sometimes considered as a sacred symbol.
  • * 1658': Nor shall we take in the mysticall '''''Tau'' , or the Crosse of our blessed Saviour, which having in some descriptions an ''Empedon'' or crossing foot-stay, made not one single transversion. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)
  • A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon.
  • (label) An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron; a tauon.
  • (label) A type of protein used to stabilise microtubules.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 263:
  • Quite what that job is remains obscure, but one theory is that it is to stabilise another protein called tau , which is supposed in turn to keep in shape the tubular ‘skeleton’ of a neuron.
  • A constant equal to twice the value of pi; often written .
  • Coordinate terms

    * (Greek letter) Previous: sigma. Next: upsilon

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    tat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  • Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  • (India) Gunnycloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius or jute.
  • (slang) A tattoo.
  • Verb

  • (intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India, dated) A pony.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * rat-a-tat-tat * tit for tat * tatt * tatting * tatty

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