TA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ta mean? 

• TA (noun)
  The noun TA has 1 sense:

1. a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

  Familiarity information: TA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 73; Ta; tantalum

Hypernyms ("Ta" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("Ta" is a substance of...):

fergusonite (a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals)

columbite; niobite (a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum)

tantalite (a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum)

 Context examples 

And we fell back on the guitar-case, and the flower-painting, and the songs about never leaving off dancing, Ta ra la! and were as happy as the week was long.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

All I know of the rest of the evening is, that I heard the empress of my heart sing enchanted ballads in the French language, generally to the effect that, whatever was the matter, we ought always to dance, Ta ra la, Ta ra la! accompanying herself on a glorified instrument, resembling a guitar.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)