TAU


Meaning of TAU in English

[ tɔ: , taʊ ]

■ noun

1》 the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Τ , τ ), transliterated as ‘t’.

2》 (also ~ particle ) Physics an unstable lepton with a charge of -1 and a mass roughly 3,500 times that of the electron.

Origin

from Gk.

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