A staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.

plural of tau staff

plural of tau staff

(neuroscience) A pathological aggregation of hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the brain that disrupts neural communication.

plural of tau bone

A Τ-shaped bone, such as the interclavicle of a monotreme.

plural of tau effect

A spatial perceptual illusion that arises when observers judge the distance between consecutive stimuli in a sequence. When the distance between stimuli is constant but the time between stimuli is not, subjects tend to misperceive the shorter temporal interval as being accompanied by a shorter spatial interval.

plural of tau tangle

A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.