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Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ω
- (physics) angular velocity
- (thermodynamics) acentric factor
- (mathematics, set theory) The first (countably) infinite ordinal number, its corresponding cardinal number ℵ0 or the set of natural numbers (the latter of which are often defined to equal the former).
See also edit
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ω curved upward.[1]
Letter edit
ω • (ō) (lowercase, uppercase Ω)
- Lower-case omega (ὦ μέγα), the 24th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the long open-mid back rounded vowel /ɔː/. It is preceded by ψ.
Derived terms edit
See also omega
See also edit
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
References edit
- ^ Edward M. Thompson (1912), Introduction to Greek and Latin paleography, Oxford: Clarendon. p.144
Greek edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek ω (ō).
Letter edit
ω • (o) (lowercase, uppercase Ω)
- The lower case letter omega (ωμέγα), the 24th and last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).
Interjection edit
ω! • (o!)
- oh!