dew
Tau means:
- Water condensed by temperature differences, see dew (precipitation) or morning dew
- Ropes , in sailor's language a twisted rope
- 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ), see Tau (letter) ; hence also:
- τ-lepton , an elementary particle
- Tau protein
- an alternative circle number, see circle number #Alternative circle number τ
- Tau (people) , 達 悟 族 , Dawu zu , Taiwanese native people
- Antoniuskreuz , Taukreuz, a T-shaped Christian symbol
Surname
Tau in various spellings is the name of the following geographical objects:
- Village in Alba County, Romania, see Tău (Alba)
- Village in Mureș County, Romania, see Tău (Mureș)
- Tău Bistra , village in Alba County, Romania
- Location in the Norwegian municipality of Strand, Rogaland, see Tau (Norway)
- Taʻū , an island belonging to American Samoa
- Tau Islands , archipelago in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Tau (Haʻapai) , island in the Haʻapai archipelago in Tonga
- Tau (Tongatapu) , offshore motu in the reef north of Tongatapu , Tonga
Tau is the name of the following people and characters:
Abbreviations
The abbreviations Tau and TAU stand for:
- Taurus , Taurus (constellation)
- Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv University
- Torosair , former Turkish airline (ICAO code)
- Società TAU , former Italian automobile manufacturer
- Aulendorf station according to DS 100
- TAU (film) , a 2018 film directed by Federico D'Alessandro
- treatment as usual , see control group
See also
Wiktionary: Tau - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations