Look up: tar

1. tar
   (file format) ('Tape ARchive', following ar) Unix's general purpose archive utility and the file format it uses. Tar was originally intended for use with magnetic tape but, though it has several command line options related to tape, it is now used more often for packaging files together on other med...
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2. Tar
   [song] "Tar" is the debut single by the British pop group Visage. It was the band`s sole release on Radar Records on 7 September 1979, before the band signed to Polydor Records later on. Although not a chart hit, the song also appears in remixed form on Visage`s eponymous debut album release...
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3. TAR
   abbreviation: Terminal Area Surveillance Radar (for NOTAM use only)
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4. tar
   [v] - coat with tar, as of roofs 2. [v] - cover with tar or asphalt, of roads
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5. Tar
   is a viscous black liquid produced by the destructive distillation of coal, or other organic materials. Its adhesive properties are used to bind aggregates in the construction of roads etc.
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6. Tar
   A mixture of hydrocarbon oils.
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7. TAR
   Terrain Avoidance Radar
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8. Tar
   the sticky, brown substance in cigarettes that coats the lungs; causes lung and other cancers
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9. tar
   a viscous liquid,black in colour,having adhesive properties,obtained by the destructive distillation of coal,wood,shale,etc. Category: Building industry • the raw anhydrous nicotine-free condensate of smoke Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries &b...
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10. Tar
    Tar noun [ Abbrev. from tarpaulin .] A sailor; a seaman. [ Colloq.] Swift.
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11. Tar
    Tar noun [ Middle English terre , tarre , Anglo-Saxon teru , teoru ; akin to Dutch teer , German teer , theer , Icelandic tjara , Swedish tjära , Danish tiære , and to English ...
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12. Tar
    Tar transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tarred ; present participle & verbal noun Tarring .] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. ...
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13. tar
    A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc, and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. Coal tar. ... <chemical> Mineral tar, a kind of soft native bitumen. Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made...
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14. tar
    (tahr) a dark brown or black viscid liquid from the wood of various species of pine, or found as a by-product of the destructive distillation of bituminous coal (see coal tar). It is a complex mixture, the source of organic substances such as cresol, creosol, naphthalene, paraffin, phenol, and toluene. Formerly used as ...
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15. Tar
    • (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. • (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. • (n.) A sailor; a seaman.
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16. tar
    (Iranian: `string`), long-necked lute descended from the tanbur of Ssnian Iran and known in a variety of forms throughout the Middle East, the ... [1 related articles]
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17. Tar
    [lute] This is claimed to be the root of the names of the Iranian setar and the guitar as well as less widespread instruments such as the dutar and the Indian sitar. The exact place of origin of the tar cannot be confirmed. However, the tar was invented in the territories of Azerbaijan, or i...
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18. Tar
    [drum] A tar (طار) is a single-headed frame drum. The tar comes from North Africa and the Middle East. Depictions of these frame drums date back thousands of years. The tar is held mainly with one hand, although the playing hand can also play and supports the drum while playing (basically...
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19. Tar
    [tobacco residue] Tar is the common name for the resinous partially combusted and healed particulate matter produced by the burning of tobacco and other plant material in the act of smoking. Tar is purportedly{Fact|date=August 2008} the most destructive component in habitual tobacco smoking,...
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20. Tar
    Tar is modified pitch produced primarily from the wood and roots of pine by destructive distillation under pyrolysis. Production and trade in tar was a major contributor in the economies of Northern Europe and Colonial America. Its main use was in preserving wooden vessels against rot. The largest ...
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21. Tar
    [file format] In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both a file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of a program used to handle such files. The format was created in the early days of Unix and standardized by POSIX.1-1988{Citation needed|date=February ...
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22. tar
    tar: see tar and pitch.
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23. Tar
    Tar is English slang for a sailor.
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24. Tar
    Tar is English slang for a sailor.
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25. Tar
    Tar is a black, oily liquid with a characteristic odour obtained by the distillation of coal, wood and bituminous minerals. Tar varies in composition according to its source, but all kinds consist largely of hydrocarbons and contain suspended carbon, to which the black colour is due. By subjecting t...
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