Ta

Ta

Tantalum is a shiny, silvery coloured metal which is heavy, dense, malleable and ductile when pure. It is found in small quantities in minerals

Table Saw

A rotating disc, driven by an electric motor, with teeth around the circumference.

Tablespoon

A convenient unit of capacity.

Tachyon

A tachyon is a theoretical particle that always travels faster than light.

Tack Hammer

A special hammer with a magnetic head for inserting small nails or tacks.

Tack Weld

A weld made to hold parts in proper alignment until the final welds are made.

Tan

Trigonometric function.

Tandem Mill

Arrangement of rolling mills, in direct line, allowing the metal to pass from one set of rolls to the next for the reduction of steel.

Tang

The flat on the shank of a cutting tool, such as a drill, reamer or end mill, that fits a slot in -the spindle of a machine to keep the tool from slipping.

Tangent

Trigonometric function.

Tangential Mode

A room mode produced by reflections off four of the six surfaces of the room.

Tantalum

A shiny, silvery coloured metal which is heavy, dense, malleable and ductile when pure. It is found in small quantities in minerals.

Tap Wrench

A bar with a hole and clamping device or T-bar design to hold a tap used to make internal threads.

Tape

A strip of long, thin, narrow material that may be rolled up.

Taper Roller Bearing

A bearing composing of a cone of rollers and a matching cup for the rollers to sit within.

Tappet

A tappet is an arm, collar or cam within a machine which imparts intermittent motion.

Tar

A mixture of hydrocarbon oils.

Target Population

The entire group a researcher is interested in, the group about which the researcher wishes to draw conclusions.

Taste

Four basic tastes are sour, sweet, salt and bitter.

Tau

A letter of the Greek alphabet.

Tau

The third flavor of charged lepton (in order of increasing mass), with electric charge -1.

Tautomer

A structure formed by facile motion of a hydrogen from one site to another within the same molecule.