tau

IPA/tɔː/
IPA/tɔː/

tau — noun

  • tausingular
  • tausplural

1. the name of the letter that comes nineteenth in the Greek alphabet, written as T

1.名詞B1
釋義

the name of the letter that comes nineteenth in the Greek alphabet, written as T or τ.

例句

The teacher wrote tau on the board beside pi and theta.

tau named with other Greek letters

On the chart, tau comes after sigma and before upsilon.

position in the Greek alphabet sequence

文法句型

write tau

tau comes after sigma

uppercase tau / lowercase tau

用法筆記

Usually appears when people are naming Greek letters in maths, science, or language study. When the symbol matters, writers often contrast uppercase T with lowercase tau.

常見錯誤

Tau comes before sigma.
Tau comes after sigma.
💡In the Greek alphabet, tau appears later, between sigma and upsilon.