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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).
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.
See also
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.
See also
- see: Appendix:Greek alphabet
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).
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