Tar (disambiguation)

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Tar is a viscous organic black or dark brown liquid.

Tar or TAR may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

  • Tár, a 2022 psychological drama film
  • The Color of Time, or Tar, a 2012 film
  • The Amazing Race, a reality TV franchise
    • The Amazing Race (American TV series)

Literature

  • Tar: A Midwest Childhood, a 1926 fictionalized memoir by Sherwood Anderson

Music

  • Tar (band), an American band
  • Tar (drum), a drum from North Africa and the Middle East
  • Tar (string instrument), a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument
  • Tar (Azerbaijani instrument), a long-necked, plucked lute
  • "Tar" (song), by Visage, 1979

People

  • Pál Tar (born 1931), Hungarian businessman and diplomat
  • Zsolt Tar (born 1993), Hungarian footballer
  • T. A. Robertson (1909-1994), known as TAR, Scottish intelligence officer

Places

  • Tar, Hungary
  • Tar (Tar-Vabriga), Croatia
  • Tar, Isfahan, Iran
  • Tar Tajik Township, Akto County, Xinjiang, China
  • Tar River, in North Carolina, U.S.
  • Tar (Kyrgyzstan), a river
  • River Tar, in County Tipperary, Ireland
  • Tar Island, Ontario, Canada
  • Tar Rocks, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England
  • Tar Tunnel, an abandoned mining tunnel in Coalport, England
  • Tibet Autonomous Region, a region of the People's Republic of China
  • Tuvan Arat Republic, or Tuvan People's Republic, a former state in North Asia

Science and technology

  • Tar (tobacco residue), the partially combusted particulate matter produced by smoking
  • tar (computing), a computer software utility for archiving
  • TAR syndrome (thrombocytopenia with absent radius), a genetic disorder
  • Target acquisition radar (TAR), a type of radar
  • Tissue-to-air ratio, a term in radiation therapy treatment
  • Transverse aeolian ridges (TARs), features on Mars
  • Trans-activation response element, in HIV
  • Turnaround (refining), a scheduled maintenance event of an industrial plant
  • IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Transport

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Tar
  • All pages with titles containing Tar
  • Tars (disambiguation)
  • Asphalt concrete, or tarmac
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