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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).
- (phonetics, Sinology) A near-open back rounded vowel between [ɔ] and [ɒ]: IPA [ɔ̞].
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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
- (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
- see: Appendix:Greek alphabet
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).
Interjection
ω! • (o!)
- oh!