Tar is a viscous organic black liquid.
Tar or TAR may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Tar (tobacco residue), the partially combusted particulate matter produced by smoking
- tar (computing), a computer archive file format and a program used to handle such files
- Target acquisition radar
- Transverse aeolian ridges, a feature on Mars
- Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Medicine
- Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital or General Hospital, a government tertiary hospital in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radius or TAR syndrome, a genetic disorder
- Tissue-to-air ratio, used in radiation therapy treatment system calibration
- Traumatic aortic rupture, an emergency injury in which the aorta is torn, usually after an impact
- Trans-activation response element, a genetic element bound by Tat protein during HIV transcription
Music
- Tar (band), a 90s indie rock band
- Tar (drum), a drum from North Africa and the Middle East
- Tar (string instrument), a lute of Persian origin used in Iran and the Caucasus
- Tar (Azerbaijani instrument), a long-necked string instrument
- "Tar" (song), by Visage, 1979
Places
- Tar, Hungary, a village
- Tar (Tar-Vabriga), village in Istria County, Croatia
- Tar, Iran (disambiguation), several villages
- Tar River, North Carolina, United States
- Tar (Kyrgyzstan), a tributary of the Kara Darya in Kyrgyzstan
- River Tar, County Tipperary, Ireland
- Tar Rocks, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England
- Tar Island, Ontario, Canada
- Tar Township, Akto County, Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
- Tibet Autonomous Region, a region of the People's Republic of China consisting of most of traditional Tibet
- Tuvan Arat Republic (or the Tuvan/Tuvinian Arat Republic), i.e. the Tuvan People's Republic, a former state in North Asia
Publications
- Teen-Age Romances, a 1949 comic book series
- IPCC Third Assessment Report, a 2001 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Tar: A Midwest Childhood, a 1926 fictionalized memoir by American author Sherwood Anderson
Transport
- Tar, a common name for asphalt concrete pavement
- TAR Aerolineas, a Mexican airline
- Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (IATA airport code TAR), an airport in Province of Taranto, Italy
- Trans-Asian Railway, a UN project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia
- Tunisair (ICAO code TAR), an airline, the flag carrier of Tunisia
Film and television
- Taar, a 2020 Marathi language film
- The Color of Time, also known as Tar, a 2012 film
- Tár, a 2022 film starring Cate Blanchett as a composer-conductor
- The Amazing Race, a reality television series around the world
People
- Pál Tar (born 1931), Hungarian businessman and diplomat
- Zsolt Tar (born 1993), Hungarian footballer
- TAR, nickname of T. A. Robertson (1909-1994), Scottish MI5 intelligence officer
Other uses
- Jack Tar or Tar, an English synonym for sailor
- Time at risk, a risk measure for corporate finance
- Teen Age Republicans, a youth wing of the US Republican Party
- Tar Tunnel, an abandoned mining tunnel in Coalport, England
- Turnaround (refining), a scheduled shutdown of a plant for revamp
- Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or Administrative Regional Court in Italy
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Tar
- All pages with titles containing Tar
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