Symbol for torque in mechanics

I believe the answer is:

tau

(Other definitions for tau that I've seen before include "Marathon character" , "19th letter of the Greek alphabet" , "Homeric character" , "Greek character" , "Foreign character" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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