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tau

/taʊ/

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La letra tau

The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twenty-first letter of Old and Ancient Greek.

Examples :

"In Greek class, we learned that "tau" is the name of the Greek letter that looks like a capital T. "

En la clase de griego, aprendimos que "tau" es el nombre de la letra griega que se parece a una T mayúscula.

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noun

Tau, cruz de San Antonio

A Τ-shaped sign or structure; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol.

Examples :

"1658: Nor shall we take in the mysticall Tau, or the Crosse of our blessed Saviour, which having in some descriptions an Empedon or crossing foot-stay, made not one single transversion. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)"

1658: Tampoco tomaremos el Tau místico, ni la Cruz de nuestro bendito Salvador, que teniendo en algunas descripciones un Empedón o un apoyo transversal, no hizo una sola transversión. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)

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Un mesón tau, ahora generalmente conocido como kaón

A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon.

Examples :

"While researching particle physics, I learned that what was once called a "tau" is now more commonly known as a kaon. "

Mientras investigaba la física de partículas, aprendí que lo que una vez se llamó "tau" ahora se conoce más comúnmente como kaón.

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Tauón

An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron; a tauon.

Examples :

"The physicist detected a tau particle decaying into an electron and two neutrinos in the experiment. "

El físico detectó en el experimento una partícula tau que se desintegraba en un electrón y dos neutrinos.

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Proteína tau

Tau protein, a type of protein that stabilizes microtubules in the human central nervous system, failures of which are associated with forms of dementia.

Examples :

"In Alzheimer's disease, the abnormal clumping of tau protein disrupts brain function, leading to memory loss. "

En la enfermedad de Alzheimer, la acumulación anormal de la proteína tau interrumpe la función cerebral, lo que lleva a la pérdida de memoria.

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Medida de la sensibilidad del valor de una opción a los cambios en la volatilidad implícita del precio del activo subyacente

A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.

Examples :

"A high tau means the value of the option will change significantly if the market's expectation of future price volatility shifts. "

Un tau alto significa que el valor de la opción cambiará significativamente si la expectativa del mercado sobre la volatilidad futura de los precios cambia.

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Tau, constante matemática

An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its radius, approximately 6.2831853071; equal to twice the value of pi. Often written τ or 2π.

Examples :

"In geometry class, we learned that tau, which is about 6.28, represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius. "

En la clase de geometría, aprendimos que tau, que es aproximadamente 6.28, representa la razón entre la circunferencia de un círculo y su radio.

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