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Translingual
editSymbol
editω
- (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
editAncient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ω curved upward.[1]
Letter
editω • (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
editSee 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
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Ancient Greek ω (ō).
Letter
editω • (o) (lowercase, uppercase Ω)
- The lower case letter omega (ωμέγα), the 24th and last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).
Interjection
editω! • (o!)
- oh!
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