Dew (letter)
Dew (letter) |
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antique | [ t ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
modern | [ t ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latin | Tt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrillic | Тт | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ת | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ﺕ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenician | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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From the ancient world | t | ||||||||||||||||||||||
From the modern | t | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tau ( Greek neuter Ταυ , today's debate taf ; Majuskel Τ, minuscule τ) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet and has after the Milesian system the numerical value of the 300th
use
The little rope denotes:
- in mathematics (more precisely in number theory ), the number function
- as an alternative to the circle number π (τ = 2π)
- Relationship measures in statistics
- in physics
- the period
- the τ-lepton
- the time constant
- the temperature or the temperature constant
- the dew point
- the transmittance
- in electrical engineering
- the time constant when charging or discharging capacitors , see also RC element
- the time constant for loading and unloading coils ; it is the quotient of inductance and wire resistance
- in analytical chemistry
- the transmittance in photometric measurements
- in genetics
- a subunit of DNA polymerase III
- in neurophysiology
- the tau protein to support the microtubules
- in business administration
- the cycle time
- in engineering
- the shear stress
- the dwell time
- the traction coefficient
- in Christian symbolism
- the Tau or St. Anthony cross , also a symbol of the Franciscan order .
See also
Web links
Commons : Tau - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Tau - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Remarks
- ↑ after the vowels α and ε , in modern Greek the υ is usually pronounced (in the diphthong) as f or w