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[
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[
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"implied"
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[
"volatility",
"volatility"
],
[
"price",
"price#Noun"
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[
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"underlying#Adjective"
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[
"asset",
"asset"
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{
"word": "vega"
}
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"finance"
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"mathematics",
"mathematics"
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[
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[
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"represent"
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[
"ratio",
"ratio"
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[
"circumference",
"circumference"
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[
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[
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"circle#Noun"
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[
"radius",
"radius"
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[
"equal",
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[
"twice",
"twice"
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[
"value",
"value#Noun"
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[
"pi",
"pi"
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[
"2",
"2"
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[
"π",
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[
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"approximately"
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[
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"type#Noun"
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[
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"lepton"
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[
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[
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"mass#Noun"
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"twice",
"twice"
],
[
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"proton"
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[
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"negative#Adjective"
],
[
"charge",
"charge#Noun"
],
[
"spin",
"spin#Noun"
],
[
"½",
"½"
],
[
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"decay#Verb"
],
[
"hadron",
"hadron"
],
[
"pion",
"pion"
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[
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"neutrino"
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[
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"tauon"
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"(physics) Chiefly written τ.",
"Short for tau lepton or tau particle (“an unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos; a tauon”)."
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"physical-sciences",
"physics"
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},
{
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{
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[
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "تَاو"
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{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táo",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "陶"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tào",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "套"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭau",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "ტაუ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tau"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "taf",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ταυ"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "taû",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ταῦ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tau",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "טָאוּ"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tá"
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{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "tau",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "タウ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tau",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "타우"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "tau"
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "tau"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
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"word": "tau"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tao",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"word": "เทา"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tau",
"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тау"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "the letter Τ／τ in the Greek alphabet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Saint Anthony’s cross — see also Saint Anthony's cross",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Saint Anthony’s cross — see also Saint Anthony's cross",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short for tau protein — see also tau protein",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tau"
}
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"Trần Thanh Vân"
],
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