tau
The letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabetThe letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.
» Medvedev signed a decree establishing the Shaytan-Tau Federal Nature Reserve.
Медведев подписал постановление о создании государственного природного заповедника «Шайтан-Тау».
Meaning
7 sensesThe letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.
Tau
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the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
A Τ-shaped object or sign; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol.
A Τ-shaped object or sign; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol.
A crosier with a Τ-shaped head.
Taukreuz
The ankh symbol (☥).
Chiefly written τ: used to designate the nineteenth star (usually according to brightness) in a constellation.
A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
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(neologism)Chiefly written τ: an irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its radius, equal to twice the value of pi (2π; approximately 6.2831853071).
Examples
2 sentencesMedvedev signed a decree establishing the Shaytan-Tau Federal Nature Reserve.
ruМедведев подписал постановление о создании государственного природного заповедника «Шайтан-Тау».
The Kendall tau-x ranking agreement is better because it summarizes ranking information in a single matrix.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tau, taue, from Latin tau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû) and Hebrew תָּFrom Middle English tau, taue, from Latin tau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû) and Hebrew תָּו (tav).
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