Tan
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Tan can mean several things:
- tan is shorthand in mathematics for the tangent trigonometric function.
- Tanning is the process of making leather from hides.
- Tan is ground oak bark used in tanning leather.
- Sun tanning is the darkening of skin by exposure of the bare skin to sunshine.
- Tan is a Chinese surname.
- Tan is a character in the Fusion comic book.
- The color tan.
- Tan, or Dān (聃), is the posthumous name of Lao Zi (Lao Tzu).
- Tan is a Japanese diminutive title
- Tan means two in the traditional British Sheep Counting (see Yan Tan Tethera)
- Tan is the nickname Riley Martin gave to the Biaviian alien O-Qua Tangin Wann, who is listed as the co-author of Martin's book, The Coming of Tan.
- Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity
- TAN is short for the greatest Dutch Robot Wars machine Tough As Nails.
- TAN (banking), an acronym for Transaction Authentication Number in electronic banking
- TAN (from the history of neuroscience) is the name of a well-studied patient who suffered brain damage to his left temporal lobe, leaving him with severe language deficits, and the ability to only speak the word "tan."
- TAN is the name of a Catholic publishing company
- Tan is the name of Kult band album