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Definition: TAS |
TASNoun1. A heap. Transitive verb1. To tassel. |
Date "TAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The island of Tasmania, an Australian state, is located 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the eastern portion of the continent, being separated from it by the Bass Strait. Tasmania has a population of 456,652 (census 2001) and an area of 68,332 square kilometers (26,383 square miles).
Tasmania
State flag (In detail) Coat of Arms (Full size) 
Capital Hobart Area
— Land
— Marine
— Total
68 401 km²
22 357 km²
90 758 km²
Population (2002)
Density473 400
6.92/km²Time zone UTC+10 (except during daylight saving time—UTC+11) Highest point Mt Ossa (1 617 m) ISO 3166-2 code: AU-TS The capital and largest city is Hobart, and other major population centres include Launceston, Devonport and Burnie.
History
It is believed that the island was joined to the mainland until the end of the most recent Ice Age approximately 10,000 years ago. The first reported sighting of Tasmania by a European was in 1642 by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who named the island Van Diemens Land. Captain James Cook also sighted the island in 1777. A British settlement was established at Risdon Cove in 1803, which was relocated 5km to the south in 1804 to Sullivan's Cove, where fresh water was more plentiful. Both settlements were known as Hobart Town. Shortly afterwards a harsh penal colony was established at Port Arthur.Tasmania once possessed an indigenous population, the Tasmanian Aborigines, and evidence indicates their presence in the territory, later to become an island, at least 35,000 years ago. At the time of British settlement the indigenous population has been estimated at 5000, but through persecution and disease the population was eliminated (some mixed-blood descendants still survive). The impact of introduced diseases, prior to the first European estimates of the size Tasmania's population, means that the original indigenous population could have been noticeably larger than 5000. The last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine was Truganini who died in 1872.
- List of former Governors of Tasmania
Economics
Tasmania's main industries are mining, including copper, zinc, tin and iron, agriculture, forestry, and tourism. There has been a significant decline in manufacturing in recent years, leading to a substantial drain of the island's young adult population to mainland Australia, especially to major urban centers such as Melbourne and Sydney.
Transportation
Tasmania is accessible by air, via the airports near each major city, and also via the Bass Strait passenger/vehicle ferries operated by the Tasmanian Government owned TT-Line. From 1986 the Abel Tasman made six weekly overnight crossings between Devonport and Melbourne. It was replaced by the Spirit of Tasmania in 1993, which performed the same route and schedule. The most recent change was the 2002 replacement of the Spirit by two Superfast ferries - Spirit of Tasmania I and II - which brought the number of overnight crossings up to fourteen, plus additional daylight crossings in peak times. In 2004 a third ship, the slightly smaller Spirit of Tasmania III, will start the Devonport to Sydney route.
Politics
Tasmania's relatively low population density and temperate, maritime climate means that it is rich in unspoilt, ecologically valuable regions. Proposals for local economic development have therefore been faced with strong requirements for environmental sensitivity, or outright opposition. In particular proposals for hydroelectric power generation proved controversial in the early 1970s and 1980s. Opposition to the construction of the Lake Pedder Dam led to the formation of the world's first green party, the United Tasmania Party. In the 1980s the state was again plunged into often bitter debate over the proposed Franklin River Dam. The anti-dam sentiment was shared by many Australians outside Tasmania, and proved a factor in the election of the Hawke Labor government in 1983 which halted construction of the dam.
Although seldom in the world news, global attention turned to Tasmania on April 29, 1996 when lone gunman Martin Bryant opened fire, killing 35 tourists and residents and injuring 37 others in an incident now known as the Port Arthur Massacre.
- List of premiers of Tasmania
- Local Government Areas of Tasmania
For a small population base Tasmania has produced a number of significant sports people: David Boon, Ricky Ponting - Test cricket; Darryl Baldock, Peter Hudson, Paul Hudson, Brendan Gale - Australian Rules Football; Laurie Nash - cricket and football.
Indigenous animals
Tasmanian Tiger
Until 1932 the island was home to the Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine), that has become extinct because of the introduction of the dingo in mainland Australia much earlier. Due to persecution by farmers, government-funded bounty hunters and, in the final years, collectors for overseas museums it was wiped out also on Tasmania.
Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivorous marsupial found exclusively on the island of Tasmania. The size of a small dog but stocky and muscular, the Tasmanian Devil is characterised by its black fur, offensive odour when stressed, extremely loud and disturbing screeching, and its vicious temperament. It also was the threatened with extinction because of human actions, but it has survived and nowadays they are widespread throughout Tasmania and fairly common. 'The Tasmanian Devil' is also a Warner Bros cartoon character loosely modeled after the animal.
Geography of Tasmania
- Derwent River, Tasmania
- Cradle Mountain
- Tasman Peninsula
- Tamar Valley
Events in Tasmania
- Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race - http://rolexsydneyhobart.com
- Targa Tasmania Road Rally - http://www.targa.org.au
Miscellaneous topics
- Protected_areas_of_Tasmania_(Australia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tasmania."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TAS | English | Three-axis spectrometer | N/A |
TAS | French | Tension artérielle systolique | N/A |
TAS | Greek | αληθής ταχύτητα αέρα | Physics, Transportation |
TAS | Portuguese | Velocidade verdadeira | Physics |
TAS | Swedish | Verklig flyghastighet | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: TAS |
| English words defined with "TAS": Taas. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TAS": Taas. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "TAS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (bag, sack), Albanian (basin, bowl), Dutch (accumulation, bag, crowd, hand-bag, heap, mass, multitude, pile, sack), French (accumulation, batch, crowd, heap, huddle, mass, mound, mountain, multitude, oodles, pack, pile, stack, swag), Indonesian (bag), Malay (bag, sack), Papiamen (bag, sack), Portuguese (true airspeed), Serbo-Croatian (pan, plate, tray), Turkish (bowl, vessel), Turkmen (almost, nearly), Welsh (rick, stack). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tas parçasi (1939) Rendez-vous au tas de sable (1990) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Pile" by Myname Mylastname Commentary: "Tas de disques." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | According to the TAS, the mobile penetration rate is 39.8 percent with more than 1.26 million subscribers. (references) | |
It will also allow both the NCB and TAS to work together to make Singapore an intelligent island by 2003, which means that all offices, homes, government agencies, and other entities will be connected. (references) | ||
There are six licensed ISPs in Singapore, three of which are expected to begin services by the end of the year. The TAS reports that as of August, 1999, there were 480,600 Internet Dial-up subscribers or a 15.2 percent penetration rate, and approximately 1,500 Internet Leased circuit subscribers. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "TAS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 51.28% of the time. "TAS" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 51.28% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (plural) | 43.59% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Unclassified Items | 5.13% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Netherlands | TAS Groep N.V. | Turkey | Adana Cimento Sanayii Tas |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "TAS": ta-tas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tas | 215 | ri tas ve | 3 |
ta tas | 56 | loader tas | 2 |
li lo tas | 19 | batman episode guide tas | 2 |
electronics tas | 17 | choapa tas | 2 |
david letterman tas | 17 | has letterman tas | 2 |
letterman tas | 15 | suzuki tas | 2 |
index.html tas tas.vba.va.gov | 12 | tas uni | 2 |
bodacious ta tas | 7 | olursun tas | 2 |
man spider tas | 6 | software tas | 2 |
batman tas | 6 | 4 tas | 2 |
guitar tas | 5 | 23 mk tas | 2 |
disease tas | 5 | tas tas.vba.va.gov | 2 |
tas book | 5 | indexnew.cfm tas tas.vba.va.gov vaas | 2 |
man tas x | 5 | superman tas | 2 |
big ta tas | 4 | david has letterman tas | 2 |
star tas trek | 4 | 1000 tas | 2 |
tas pappa | 4 | build design tas | 2 |
haworth tas | 3 | tas va | 2 |
edsl tas | 3 | hyd.com tas | 2 |
real estate tas | 3 | 20 tas | 2 |
motor tas | 3 | episode guide superman tas | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TAS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | Tényleges Repülési Sebesség (true airspeed). (various references) | |
Korean | 전술 항공지원. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TAS": task, tasked, tasking, taskmaster, taskmasters, taskmistress, taskmistresses, tasks, taskwork, taskworks, tass, tasse, tassel, tasseled, tasseling, tasselled, tasselling, tassels, tasses, tasset, tassets, tassie, tassies, tastable, taste, tasted, tasteful, tastefully, tastefulness, tastefulnesses, tasteless, tastelessly, tastelessness, tastelessnesses, tastemaker, tastemakers, taster, tasters, tastes, tastier, tastiest, tastily, tastiness, tastinesses, tasting, tasty. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "TAS": albatas, amanitas, amreetas, amritas, anchovetas, anchovettas, antas, aortas, ariettas, aristas, aubrietas, balatas, barracoutas, barytas, berettas, berrettas, betas, bettas, bhaktas, biotas, birettas, birrettas, bonitas, botas, cabalettas, cabrestas, cabrettas, canastas, cantatas, caponatas, caritas, casitas, cassatas, celestas, centas, cestas, chaquetas, cottas, cuestas, deltas, ditas, emeritas, erratas, etas, exactas, fajitas, fermatas, fetas, feteritas, fiestas, flotas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TAS": aftertaste, aftertastes, anatase, anatases, apostasies, apostasy, astasia, astasias, atelectases, atelectasis, bacteriostases, bacteriostasis, bronchiectases, bronchiectasis, caritases, catastrophe, catastrophes, catastrophic, catastrophically, catastrophism, catastrophisms, catastrophist, catastrophists, cholestases, cholestasis, cytaster, cytasters, demitasse, demitasses, detassel, detasseled, detasseling, detasselled, detasselling, detassels, diastase, diastases, dioptase, dioptases, distaste, distasted, distasteful, distastefully, distastefulness, distastefulnesses, distastes, distasting, ecocatastrophe, ecocatastrophes, ecstasies, ecstasy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-s-t" | |
-1 letter: as, at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-s-t" | |
+1 letter: acts, aits, alts, ants, arts, ates, bast, bats, cast, cats, east, eats, etas, fast, fats, gast, gats, hast, hats, kats, last, lats, mast, mats, oast, oats, past, pats, qats, rats, salt, sate, sati, scat, seat, seta, skat, slat, spat, stab, stag, star, stat, staw, stay, stoa, swat, tabs, tads, tags, tams, tans, taos, taps, tars, task, tass, tats, taus, tavs, taws, teas, tsar, twas, utas, vast, vats, wast, wats. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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