gamma en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡæ.mə/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- (countable, uncountable) The letter Ɣɣ, used in the alphabets of several African languages, and in lowercase form in the IPA to represent a voiced velar fricative.
- (countable, uncountable) A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.
- (countable, uncountable) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
- (countable, uncountable) A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
- (countable, uncountable) A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
- (countable, uncountable) A non-SI unit of measure of mass, equal to 1 microgramme.
- (countable, qualifier:industries, uncountable) Slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
- (countable, uncountable) Flight path angle; the angle by which an aircraft's flight path deviates from the horizontal plane.
- (countable, uncountable) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (countable, uncountable) Synonym of gamma correction.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gammas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
gamma-hydroxybutyric acid · gamma-glutamyltransferase · baby gamma · gamma particle · multigamma · volga · gamma distribution · gamma city · gamma-ray astronomy · gamma globulin · gammacism · gamma female · gamma decay · gamma-encephalography · gamma iron · digamma · Gacrux · gamma garden · des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin · gamma-aminobutyric acid · gamma-angio-encephalography · gamma radiation · gamma male · gamma correction · gamma-butyrolactone · nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence · Goodman and Kruskal's gamma · gamma camera · gammachirp · gamma-iron · gamma knife · vomma · gammaretrovirus · alphabetagamma · gamma ray · gammatone · gamma-hydroxybutyrate · gamma bomb · cross gamma · gammopathy · gamma-ray burst · gamma pulsar · nongamma · gamma of the gamma · soft-gamma repeater · gamma wave · gamma-ray
Hypernyms
Greeks (measure of derivative price sensitivity)
Synonyms
Translations (47)
grc γάμμα (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fr gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · th แกมมา (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fa گاما (physics: unit of magnetic flux density) · bg га́ма (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ga gáma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · tl gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fa گاما (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ko 감마 (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · cmn 伽馬 /伽马 (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · cs gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · sv gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · eo gamo (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fi gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ru га́мма (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · sh га̏ма (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · cmn 伽瑪 /伽玛 (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · pt gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · pl gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ms gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · el γάμμα (physics: unit of magnetic flux density) · de Gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fi gamma (math: Euler–Mascheroni constant) · es gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ca gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · fi gammafunktio (math: gamma function — see also gamma function) · he גָּמָא (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · mi kama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · hu gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · el γάμμα (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · arz جاما (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · el γάμα (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · sh gȁma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · pt gama (math: Euler–Mascheroni constant) · fi gamma (physics: unit of magnetic flux density) · ast gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ia gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · pt gama (physics: unit of magnetic flux density) · mk га́ма (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · it gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · gl gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ar غَامَا (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · acw قاما (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ja ガンマ (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · nl gamma (third letter of the Greek alphabet) · ru га́мма-фу́нкция (math: gamma function — see also gamma function) · tr gama (third letter of the Greek alphabet)