Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
tau
English translation:
Greek letter
Added to glossary by
Stefanie Sendelbach
Jul 25, 2004 07:31
19 yrs ago
German term
tau
German to English
Medical
Medical (general)
I am translating a document about trials carried out on equipment designed to test the blood of diabetic patients. There are a number of graphs (which are partly in English) which plot the accuracy of these devices in comparison to other methods. There are a variety of letters and numbers (y=12345, X=45678) etc. and then "tau = 0.929". Does anyone know what they could be referring to?
As I say, the graphs are partly in English anyway so maybe it is English???
As I say, the graphs are partly in English anyway so maybe it is English???
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | Greek letter |
Stefanie Sendelbach
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| 2 | the TAU-group |
Sabine Wulf
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Proposed translations
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Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
IT and marketing translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
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Greek letter
Tau could stand for the greek letter.
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-07-25 07:42:37 GMT)
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Please check this link to see what it looks like: http://www.itnews.org.uk/w_qrefs/w_chars/p_symbols.cfm
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-07-25 07:45:48 GMT)
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I hope this will show properly here, if not, please go to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Tau.html for a definition of how and when Tau is used in mathematics.
Tau
The symbol (the lower case Greek letter tau) has many common uses in mathematics, as summarized in the following table.
1. is an alternate notation for the divisor function .
2. is the half-period ratio of an elliptic function.
3. denotes the tau function of Ramanujan, defined by the generating function
4. is used as an alternate notation for the golden ratio .
5. As a characteristic time for exponential decay or growth, i.e., .
The symbol also has a number of other different meanings in physics, for example the tau particle, tau neutrino, as a symbol for torque, etc.
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-07-25 07:46:26 GMT)
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Ok, it doesn\'t show, sorry. There are a lot of formulas and symbols in this link that do not show here in my answer.
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-07-25 07:42:37 GMT)
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Please check this link to see what it looks like: http://www.itnews.org.uk/w_qrefs/w_chars/p_symbols.cfm
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-07-25 07:45:48 GMT)
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I hope this will show properly here, if not, please go to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Tau.html for a definition of how and when Tau is used in mathematics.
Tau
The symbol (the lower case Greek letter tau) has many common uses in mathematics, as summarized in the following table.
1. is an alternate notation for the divisor function .
2. is the half-period ratio of an elliptic function.
3. denotes the tau function of Ramanujan, defined by the generating function
4. is used as an alternate notation for the golden ratio .
5. As a characteristic time for exponential decay or growth, i.e., .
The symbol also has a number of other different meanings in physics, for example the tau particle, tau neutrino, as a symbol for torque, etc.
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-07-25 07:46:26 GMT)
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Ok, it doesn\'t show, sorry. There are a lot of formulas and symbols in this link that do not show here in my answer.
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the TAU-group
In addition, the TAU group is developing new ways for turning stem cells - from both embryonic, fetal and adult human tissues - into ... insulin-producing cells, which may be able to replace dysfunctional pancreatic beta cells. If successful, these approaches could lead to the development of widespread cell replacement therapies for diabetes.
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