Letter five after xi (3)

I believe the answer is:

tau

(Other definitions for tau that I've seen before include "19th letter of the Greek alphabet" , "character from Athens" , "Foreign character" , "A subatomic particle" , "Greek character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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