Tar (disambiguation)

Tar is a viscous organic black liquid.

Tar or TAR may also refer to:

Other common meanings

• Tar (tobacco residue), the partially combusted particulate matter produced by smoking
• Jack Tar or just Tar, an English synonym for sailor

In medicine

• Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital or General Hospital, a government tertiary hospital in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
• Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radius referred to as TAR syndrome, a genetic disorder in which the radius bone is absent and blood clotting ability is greatly reduced
• 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

Places

• Tar, Hungary, a village
• Tar, Iran (disambiguation), various villages
• Tibet Autonomous Region, a region of the People's Republic of China consisting of most of traditional Tibet
• Tar River, North Carolina, United States
• Tar River (Kyrgyzstan)
• River Tar, County Tipperary, Ireland
• Tar Rocks, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England
• Tar Island, Ontario, Canada

Publications

• 1949 Teen-Age Romances comic book series
• 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Tar: A Midwest Childhood, a 1926 fictionalized memoir by American author Sherwood Anderson

Technology

• tar (computing), a computer archive file format and a program used to handle such files
• Target acquisition radar

Transportation

• Trans-Asian Railway, a UN project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia
• Trans-Australian Railway
• Tunisair (ICAO code TAR), the flag carrier of Tunisia, an airline
• TAR Aerolineas, a Mexican airline

People

• Pál Tar (born 1931), Hungarian businessman and diplomat
• Zsolt Tar (born 1993), Hungarian footballer

Other uses

• The Amazing Race, a reality television series around the world
  • The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)
• Tar (film), a 2012 film
• Time at risk, a risk measure for corporate finance
• Teen Age Republicans, a youth political group
• Tar Tunnel, Coalport, England
• Transverse aeolian ridges, a feature on Mars

See also

• Tars (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Tar"
• All pages with titles containing Tar