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A thick brown to black viscous organic liquid, too thick to migrate easily through most porous sediment.

a viscous liquid, Old English teoru, teru "tar, bitumen, resin, gum," literally "the pitch of (certain kinds of) trees," from Proto-Germanic *terwo- (source also of Old Norse tjara [..]

also Jack Tar, "sailor," 1670s, probably a special use of tar (n.1), which stuff was a staple for waterproofing aboard old ships (sailors also being jocularly called knights of the tarbrush) [..]

late Old English, "to smear with tar," from tar (n.1). To tar and feather (1769) was famously a mob action in America in Revolutionary times (used by both sides) and several decades thereaft [..]

dark, sticky petroleum product created from the decomposition of organic material such as wood.

Inflammable blackish viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood or coal. As a constituent of cigarettes, tar is known to have cancer causing properties.

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a thick black liquid which comes form wood and coal. Tar is used in making roads

A common English term used to refer to seamen of the Merchant or Royal Navy. In the days before the invention of waterproof fabrics, sailors would coat their clothes with tar to make them repel water. Later sailors frequently wore coats and hats made from a waterproof fabric called tarpaulin. This may have been shortened to “tar” at some point.

Internet Glossary Tape ARchive - a compression format commonly used in the transfer and storage of files residing on UNIX computers

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the term ‘natural tar’ is sometimes used for heavy petroleum (bitumen) that has penetrated to the surface of the Earth; heavy residues discharged from gases during gasification of coal and wood, feedstock for chemical industry; deposits in chimneys where furnaces are fed with coal or wood.

If you see tar in dreams, it warns you against pitfalls and designs of treacherous enemies. To have tar on your hands or clothing, denotes sickness and grief.   

A program used to create a single file archive from several files, often used to distribute programs for Unix. The Unix command has many options. Similar in many ways to the obscure option of MS-DOS's COPY command.

A widely used file format for archiving. Originally, this stood for "Tape ARchive" and was already supported by very early Unix versions for backing up data on tape. The file format is still [..]

TAR (Tape Archive) is an older archive format popular on Unix systems. It does not provide compression. You can unpack it on windows with free utility called PowerArchiver or with a shareware one call [..]

(n) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue(n) a man who serves as a sailor(v) coat with tar

A Mac program for un-archiving .tar archive files.

A UNIX command which copies a file or files to or from an archive.

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A program that collates files for transfer or distribution. The system usually compresses files that this program processes into tarballs, which use the .tar file extension.

Upper octave region; upper pitch register

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A North-African frame drum, played with the fingers of both hands, while the edge of the drum rests in the upturned-palm of one hand.

A by-product of the destructive Distillation of Coal used as a topical antieczematic. It is an antipruritic and keratoplastic agent used also in the treatment of Psoriasis and other Skin conditions. O [..]

In nautical work, usually means Stockholm tar. Coal tar, however, is often used for preservation of steel decks, particu­larly the refined tars. Black tar varnish is often used for coating outside of [..]

Old nickname for a sailor, who would treat his canvas coats and hats with tar as a protection against the weather.

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 slang term for a sailor, in use since at least 1676. The term "Jack tar" was used by the 1780s. Early Sailors wore overalls and broad-brimmed hats made of tar-impregnated fabric cal [..]

A black or brown hydrocarbon material that ranges in consistency from a heavy liquid to a solid.

In nautical usage, pine tar. This tar is not the "tar" used on streets and roofs, which is really asphalt, but rather pine tar, also called Stockholm tar, an amber-colored pitch made from th [..]

(1) Old nickname for a sailor, who would treat his canvas coats and hats with tar as a protection against the weather. (2) The distilled residue of gum extracted from pine trees, used for preserving m [..]

Treatment Authorization Request. An authorization number given by insurance companies prior to treatment in order to receive payment for services rendered.

Archiving utility, see Section 9.1.1.1

A thick dark-colored semi-liquid of organic composition obtained by the destructive distillation of organic substances and bituminous minerals, including wood, coal or peat.

was given to sailors because in the old days, sailors used to tar their clothing to make it waterproof.

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.

Similar to the MAR except used for treatments and other patient care activities. The treatment administration record whether on paper or electronic as an eTAR refers to the functions of treatment administration including clinical documentation. This function done correctly assists and supports the administration of the ordered treatments to the cor [..]

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A black or brown hydrocarbon material that ranges in consistency from a heavy liquid to a solid.

Viscous black liquid derived from the distillation of organic matter; can be produced from petroleum, peat, wood and coal

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