tau
The letter 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.
Other meanings
A -shaped object or sign; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol.
A crosier with a -shaped head.
Related words
- stau
- tau cross
- tauon
- tauopathy
- tau lepton
- tau meson
- tau neutrino
- tau particle
- tau protein
- tau bone
- tau effect
- tau staff
Word history
From Hebrew "תָּו".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tau” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.