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See also: Ι , ί , ΐ , ϊ , Ϊ , , , ɩ , and Appendix:Variations of "i"

ι U+03B9, ι
GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
θ
Greek and Coptic κ

Translingual

Symbol

ι

  1. (mathematics) sometimes used to write the imaginary unit
  2. (logic) the definite descriptor

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ι.

Letter

ι (i) (lowercase, uppercase Ι)

  1. Lower-case iota (ἰῶτα), the ninth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close front unrounded vowel /i/. It is preceded by θ and followed by κ.

Derived terms

See also upsilon

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Greek

Letter

ι (i) (lowercase, uppercase Ι)

  1. The lower case letter iota (γιώτα), the ninth letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Transliterated as I or J.

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