Definition of "tau"
- noun
The name of the letter T/τ 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.
A Τ-shaped sign or structure; a St. Anthony's cross, sometimes considered as a sacred symbol.
A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon.
An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron; a tauon.
A type of protein used to stabilise microtubules.
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