noun ( sometimes lowercase )
1.
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
2.
the rational basis of human activity or conduct.
3.
a universal, regarded as an ideal attained to a greater or lesser degree by those embodying it.
Origin:
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tao4, (pinyin) dào literally, way
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tao4, (pinyin) dào literally, way
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Tao (taʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | that in virtue of which all things happen or exist |
| 2. | the rational basis of human conduct |
| 3. | the course of life and its relation to eternal truth |
| [Chinese, literally: path, way] | |
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Tao
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tao
1736, from Chinese tao "way, path, right way (of life), reason."
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TAO definition
language1. A Lisp dialect with concurrency, object-orientation and logic.
["Concurrent Programming in TAO - Practice and Experience", I. Takeuchi in Parallel Lisp: Languages and Systems, T. Ito et al eds, LNCS 441, Springer 1989, pp. 271-299].
(2006-02-06)
2. A programming language for APE/Quadrics parallel computers, largely modelled on FORTRAN and evolved from the even more primitive APESE language. TAO is particularly hard to work with, due to the lack of systematics, poor documentation and a primitive compiler.
[Reference? Dates?]
(2006-02-06)
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Therefore, some argue that dao is in that sense more accurate than tao.
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