kendal(n = noun.substance) kendal green - a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant;
is a kind of dye, dyestuff
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at
"How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?" [1913 Webster]
tau(n = noun.communication) - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet;
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of greek alphabet
The nineteenth letter (
The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (
tau, n. the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (T).
Idiom:
tau cross a T-shaped cross. tau particle Physics an unstable, heavy, and charged elementary particle of the lepton class.
Etymology:
ME f. Gk
kendall's tau, opsanus tau, tau coefficient of correlation, tau cross