ω

See also: ω΄, ὦ, Ω, ധ, ယ, ꞷ, w, ო, and Appendix:Variations of "o"

ω U+03C9, ω
GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA
← ψ
[U+03C8]
Greek and Coptic ϊ →
[U+03CA]
𝜔 U+1D714, 𝜔
MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL OMEGA
← 𝜓
[U+1D713]
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜕 →
[U+1D715]

Translingual

Symbol

ω

  1. (physics) angular velocity
  2. (thermodynamics) acentric factor
  3. (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)

  1. 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

References

  1. 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)

  1. The lower case letter omega (ωμέγα), the 24th and last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
  • ω΄ (“numeral: 800”)
  • ͵ω (“numeral: 800,000”)
See also
see: Appendix:Greek alphabet

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).

Interjection

ω! • (o!)

  1. oh!
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