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English
Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|�αῦ.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ta�/, /t��/

Noun
en-noun|-

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

#*Letter of the Greek alphabet: '''Τ �
#Previous: sigma|Σ
#Next: upsilon|Î¥

1. A polytonic|Τ-shaped sign or structure; a St. Anthony's cross, 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)

1. context|particles|dated A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon.
2. particles An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron.

Translations
trans-top|Greek letter
Finnish: #Finnish|tau
Interlingua: #Interlingua|tau
trans-mid
Portuguese: #Portuguese|tau m
Russian: �а� (tau)
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Category:Greek letters

Lojban

Cmavo
tau

1. indicates that the next letter's case is flipped when spelling a word

#: .abu ry. tau xy. .ibu vy.
#:: spelling of arXiv

Related terms
ga'e#Lojban|ga'e
to'a#Lojban|to'a

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Maori

Noun
tau

1. year

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian tahun

Verb
tau

1. to settle

Etymology
Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian taruh

Category:Maori language

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-n1

1. rope

Synonyms
rep

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