ξ

ξ U+03BE, ξ GREEK SMALL LETTER XI ← ν Greek and Coptic ο →

Translingual

Etymology

Joined, cursive variant of Ξ; see joined variant of Ξ at right, showing development of ξ.

Symbol

ξ

1. (chemical engineering) Extent of reaction
2. (mathematics) Gnarl

See also

• ξ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Joined up cursive variant of its majuscule counterpart Ξ.

Letter

ξ • (x) (lowercase, uppercase Ξ)

1. Lower-case xi (ξεῖ), the 14th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the consonant cluster /ks/. It is preceded by ν and followed by ο.

Derived terms

See also xi

• ξ΄, ͵ξ
• ѯ, Ѯ (Cyrillic)
• ⲝ, Ⲝ (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 ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ks/ (sound)
• IPA^(key): /ksi/ (letter name)

Letter

ξ • (x) (lowercase, uppercase Ξ)

1. The lower case letter ksi/xi (ξι), the 14th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• ѯ, Ѯ

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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• ξ΄
• ͵ξ