Υ

Υ U+03A5, Υ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON ← Τ Greek and Coptic Φ →

Translingual

Symbol

Υ

1. (physics) upsilon meson
2. (physics) mass-to-light ratio

See also

• Υ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “wāw”).

Letter

Υ • (U) (uppercase, lowercase Υ)

1. The letter now called upsilon (ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón)), the 20th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Latin) Y
• (Cyrillic) У
• (Coptic) Ⲩ
• (Gothic) 𐍅

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 ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

Υ • (Y) (uppercase, lowercase υ)

1. The upper case letter upsilon (ύψιλον), the 20th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Ѵ, ѵ

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 ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• Υ΄
• ͵Υ