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gamma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
  2. (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.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
  6. (countable, uncountable) A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A non-SI unit of measure of mass, equal to 1 microgramme.
  8. (countable, qualifier:industries, uncountable) Slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
  9. (countable, uncountable) Flight path angle; the angle by which an aircraft's flight path deviates from the horizontal plane.
  10. (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.
  11. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of gamma correction.

Forms

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gammas Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

alpha · theta · beta

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

gamma correction

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)

wikidata: Q14387