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omicron(ŏm'ĭ-krŏn', ō'mĭ-)![]() |
The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
[Middle English, from Greek o mīkron, small o (because of its being a short vowel in Greek) : o, the letter o + mīkron, neuter of mīkros, small.]
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omicron(ŏm'ĭ-krŏn', ō'mĭ-)![]() |
The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
[Middle English, from Greek o mīkron, small o (because of its being a short vowel in Greek) : o, the letter o + mīkron, neuter of mīkros, small.]
| Medical Dictionary: om·i·cron |
(Symbol ο) The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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| WordNet: omicron |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
| Wikipedia: Omicron |
| Greek alphabet | |||||
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| Αα Alpha | Νν Nu | ||||
| Ββ Beta | Ξξ Xi | ||||
| Γγ Gamma | Οο Omicron | ||||
| Δδ Delta | Ππ Pi | ||||
| Εε Epsilon | Ρρ Rho | ||||
| Ζζ Zeta | Σσς Sigma | ||||
| Ηη Eta | Ττ Tau | ||||
| Θθ Theta | Υυ Upsilon | ||||
| Ιι Iota | Φφ Phi | ||||
| Κκ Kappa | Χχ Chi | ||||
| Λλ Lambda | Ψψ Psi | ||||
| Μμ Mu | Ωω Omega | ||||
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Omicron or Omikron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o" : Όμικρον, o mikron, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. It is rarely used in mathematics because it is indistinguishable from the Latin letter O and easily confused with the digit 0. This letter is equal to the Phoenician letter Ayin. In modern Greek, Omicron represents the sound IPA: [ɔː]. Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O.
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The upper-case letter of omicron (O) was originally used as a symbol for Big O notation, representing the asymptotic rate of growth of a function in mathematics.
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