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Translingual
Symbol
ω
- (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
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ω curved upward.[1]
Letter
ω • (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
See also omega
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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
References
- ^ Edward M. Thompson (1912), Introduction to Greek and Latin paleography, Oxford: Clarendon. p.144
Greek
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ancient Greek ω (ō).
Letter
ω • (o) (lowercase, uppercase Ω)
- The lower case letter omega (ωμέγα), the 24th and last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).
Interjection
ω! • (o!)
- oh!