tau

[US]/tɔː/
[UK]/taʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Phrases & Collocations

tau protein

tauopathy

tau aggregation

Example Sentences

to have a tau of the situation

he has a tau for languages

to develop a tau for cooking

she has a tau for fashion

to gain a tau of the market trends

having a tau for music

to show a tau for art

they have a tau for design

to possess a tau for photography

she lacks a tau for humor

Real-world Examples

The culprit is a protein called tau.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Neutrinos come in three flavors, called electron, muon and tau.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2022 Collection

Usually, tau proteins support tiny tubes inside our axons called microtubules.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Spinal fluid from African-Americans contained lower levels of tau protein.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

Those with low to medium tau levels saw a 35- percent slower decline.

Source: VOA Special English Health

For high tau patients, donanemab slowed the disease progression by about 17 percent.

Source: VOA Special English Health

TIA MCNEILL: It explains a lot because I am seeing a lot of that -- the tau protein.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

Patients with higher levels of tau are considered to be in the more advanced stages of Alzheimer's.

Source: VOA Special English Health

See, there are three different kinds or flavors of neutrinos: electron neutrinos, tau neutrinos, and muon neutrinos.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

So researchers also studied the levels of tau, another protein that causes the disease in the brain.

Source: VOA Special English Health

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