ν

See also: Ν, -ν, Appendix:Variations of "n", and Appendix:Variations of "nu"

ν U+03BD, ν GREEK SMALL LETTER NU ← μ [U+03BC] Greek and Coptic ξ → [U+03BE]

Character variations

𝜈 U+1D708, 𝜈 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL NU ← 𝜇 [U+1D707] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜉 → [U+1D709]

Translingual

Symbol

ν

1. (sciences) coefficient of kinematic viscosity, reluctivity (1/μ), etc.
2. (physics) neutrino
3. (physics) frequency
4. (materials science) Poisson's ratio
5. (Teutonista) a dental nasal (IPA [n̪]).
6. (Cyrillic, phonetics) an /n/ that elides before certain consonants, nasalizing the preceding vowel.

Synonyms

• (frequency): f

See also

• ν on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ν.

Letter

ν • (n) (lowercase, uppercase Ν)

1. Lower-case nu (νῦ), the 13th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the alveolar nasal /n/. It is preceded by μ and followed by ξ.

Derived terms

See also nu

• ν΄, ͵ν
• н, Н (Cyrillic)
• 𐌽 (Gothic)
• ⲛ, Ⲛ (Coptic)

See also

• (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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

ν • (n) (lowercase, uppercase Ν)

1. The lower case letter nu (νι), the 13th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• ν΄
• ͵ν