γ
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See also: ɣ, Γ, γ', ץ, Appendix:Variations of "c", Appendix:Variations of "g", and Appendix:Variations of "y"
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Translingual
Symbol
γ
- (mathematics) the Euler-Mascheroni constant
- (physics) photon, gamma ray
- (physics) Lorentz factor
- (thermodynamics) The heat capacity ratio.
- Synonym: k
- (UPA) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).
- (Cyrillic, phonetics) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).
See also
See gamma for the name of this letter in other languages.
Albanian
Pronunciation
Letter
γ (g) (upper case Γ, lower case γ)
- The 4th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
See also
- Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, B b, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈ [edit]
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from its majuscule counterpart Γ (G), from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “gimel”).
Letter
γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)
- Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was γάμμα and it represented a voiced velar stop: /ɡ/; before velars, it represented a velar nasal: /ŋ/. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: γ-ray, γ-globulin
- Greek: γ (g)
See also
Greek
Pronunciation
- As a single consonant, a fricative IPA(key): [ɣ] (or [ʝ] before a front vowel).
- ⟨γγ⟩ is [ŋɡ] ([ɲɟ] before a front vowel); commonly reduced to [ɡ] (or [ɟ]) in informal speech. The gamma remains a fricative ([ŋɣ] or [ɲʝ]) in some words, e.g. εγγενής, έγγραφο, συγγραφέας.
- ⟨γκ⟩ is [ɡ] word-initially and in some loanwords, [ŋɡ] otherwise; commonly reduced to [ɡ] in informal speech.
- ⟨γξ⟩ is [ŋks].
- ⟨γχ⟩ is [ŋx] (or [ɲç] before a front vowel).
Letter
γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)
- Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Its name is γάμμα or γάμα. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.
See also
Wakhi
Pronunciation
Letter
γ (upper case Y) [the capital is actually a large ⟨γ⟩]
- A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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