When a circle'sradius is 1 unit, its circumference is τ units. τ
( physics ) Torque .( physics ) Shear stress .( physics ) Optical depth .2006 August, Alexander V. Krivov, Artem G. Feofilov, Valeri V. Dikarev, “Search for the putative dust belts of Mars: The late 2007 opportunity”, inPlanetary and Space Science , volume54 , numbers9–10 ,→DOI , page871 :The first one was made by the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft in 1980 (Duxbury and Ocampo, 1988) and brought a negative result, setting the upper limit of the normal optical depth of the putative tori toτ ≲ 3 × 10 − 5 {\displaystyle \tau \lesssim 3\times 10^{-5}} . ( mathematics , neologism ) Anirrational constant defined as theratio of thecircumference of acircle to itsradius , equal to theradian measure of afull turn ; approximately 6.283185307 (equal to 2π, or twice the value ofπ ).( particle physics ) tauon ( Teutonista ) a voiceless dental plosive (IPA[t̪] ).( UPA ) Avoiced coronal click consonant (dental⟨ τ̦ ⟩ = IPA[ɡ͜ǀ] ;cacuminal ⟨ τ̣ ⟩ = IPA[ɡ͜ǃ] ).Derived from itsmajuscule counterpartΤ .
τ • (t ) (lowercase ,uppercase Τ )
Lower-casetau (ταῦ ), the 19th letter of the ancientGreek alphabet . It represented thevoiceless unaspirated alveolar or dental plosive /t/ . It is preceded byσ and followed byυ . See alsotau
( Greek-script letters) Α α ,Β β ,Γ γ ,Δ δ ,Ε ε ,Ζ ζ ,Η η ,Θ θ ,Ι ι ,Κ κ ,Λ λ ,Μ μ ,Ν ν ,Ξ ξ ,Ο ο ,Π π ,Ρ ρ ,Σ σ ς ,Τ τ ,Υ υ ,Φ φ ,Χ χ ,Ψ ψ ,Ω ω ( non-Classical letters ) Ϝ ( W ) ϝ ( w ) ,Ͷ ͷ ,Ͱ ( H ) ͱ ( h ) ,Ϻ ( S ) ϻ ( s ) ,Ϟ ϟ ,Ϙ ( Q ) ϙ ( q ) ,Ͳ ( S ) ͳ ( s ) ( punctuation ) · ; ( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ τ • (t ) (lowercase ,uppercase Τ )
Thelower case lettertau (ταυ ), the 19th letter of the modernGreek alphabet . ( Greek-script letters) Α α ,Β β ,Γ γ ,Δ δ ,Ε ε ,Ζ ζ ,Η η ,Θ θ ,Ι ι ,Κ κ ,Λ λ ,Μ μ ,Ν ν ,Ξ ξ ,Ο ο ,Π π ,Ρ ρ ,Σ σ ς ,Τ τ ,Υ υ ,Φ φ ,Χ χ ,Ψ ψ ,Ω ω ( non-Classical letters ) Ϝ ( W ) ϝ ( w ) ,Ͷ ͷ ,Ͱ ( H ) ͱ ( h ) ,Ϻ ( S ) ϻ ( s ) ,Ϟ ϟ ,Ϙ ( Q ) ϙ ( q ) ,Ͳ ( S ) ͳ ( s ) ( punctuation ) · ; ( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ τ΄ ͵τ