tightened to the point of eliminating visible slack.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
taut (adjective)1.
a) having no give or slack tightly drawn - a taut rope
b) - high-strung tense taut nerves
2.
a) kept in proper order or condition - a taut ship
b) (1) not loose or flabby - taut muscles
(2) marked by economy of structure and detail - a taut story
transitive verb
Scottish - mat tangle
taut (Wikipedia)
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A taut object is one under tension.
Taut is also a surname, and may refer to:
- Bruno Taut (1880–1938), prolific German architect, urban planner and author
- Max Taut (1884–1967), German architect
Taut may also refer to:
- Tauț, a commune in Arad County, Romania
- Tăut, a village in Batăr Commune, Bihor County, Romania
- Taut International, sports drink company acquired by A.G. Barr
TAUT, an acronym, may refer to:
- Tramways and Urban Transit, a monthly magazine published in the UK
- The complement of the SAT-problem; testing if a formula is a tautology, known to be co-NP-complete.
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