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English

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Ancient Greek Alphabet

beta

delta
Γ γ
Ancient Greek: γάμμα
Wikipedia article on gamma

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæ.mə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æmə
  • Hyphenation: gam‧ma

Noun

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gamma (countable and uncountable, plural gammas)

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

Hypernyms

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  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

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(flight path angle):

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gamma f (plural gammes)

  1. gamma; the Greek letter Γ (lowercase γ)
  2. gamut; the range of possible values, especially:
    1. (music) the set of tones available from a musical instrument
    2. the set of possible color values available from a photographic or electronic device

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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gamma

  1. gamut

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References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gamma n (plural gamma's, diminutive gammaatje n)

  1. gamma (Greek letter)
  2. array, spectrum
  3. selection, assortment
  4. (in compounds) relating to sciences belonging neither to the exact sciences nor to the humanities, such as law, sociology and psychology

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Finnish

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Greek letter
Γγ Previous: beeta
Next: delta
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑmːɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝mːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): gam‧ma

Noun

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gamma

  1. gamma (letter in Greek alphabet)
  2. gamma (Euler–Mascheroni constant)
  3. gamma (unit of magnetic flux density)
  4. (slang) fantasy (recreational drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
    Synonym: gammahydroksivoihappo

Declension

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Inflection of gamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative gamma gammat
genitive gamman gammojen
partitive gammaa gammoja
illative gammaan gammoihin
singular plural
nominative gamma gammat
accusative nom. gamma gammat
gen. gamman
genitive gamman gammojen
gammain rare
partitive gammaa gammoja
inessive gammassa gammoissa
elative gammasta gammoista
illative gammaan gammoihin
adessive gammalla gammoilla
ablative gammalta gammoilta
allative gammalle gammoille
essive gammana gammoina
translative gammaksi gammoiksi
abessive gammatta gammoitta
instructive gammoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of gamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative gammani gammani
accusative nom. gammani gammani
gen. gammani
genitive gammani gammojeni
gammaini rare
partitive gammaani gammojani
inessive gammassani gammoissani
elative gammastani gammoistani
illative gammaani gammoihini
adessive gammallani gammoillani
ablative gammaltani gammoiltani
allative gammalleni gammoilleni
essive gammanani gammoinani
translative gammakseni gammoikseni
abessive gammattani gammoittani
instructive
comitative gammoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative gammasi gammasi
accusative nom. gammasi gammasi
gen. gammasi
genitive gammasi gammojesi
gammaisi rare
partitive gammaasi gammojasi
inessive gammassasi gammoissasi
elative gammastasi gammoistasi
illative gammaasi gammoihisi
adessive gammallasi gammoillasi
ablative gammaltasi gammoiltasi
allative gammallesi gammoillesi
essive gammanasi gammoinasi
translative gammaksesi gammoiksesi
abessive gammattasi gammoittasi
instructive
comitative gammoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative gammamme gammamme
accusative nom. gammamme gammamme
gen. gammamme
genitive gammamme gammojemme
gammaimme rare
partitive gammaamme gammojamme
inessive gammassamme gammoissamme
elative gammastamme gammoistamme
illative gammaamme gammoihimme
adessive gammallamme gammoillamme
ablative gammaltamme gammoiltamme
allative gammallemme gammoillemme
essive gammanamme gammoinamme
translative gammaksemme gammoiksemme
abessive gammattamme gammoittamme
instructive
comitative gammoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative gammanne gammanne
accusative nom. gammanne gammanne
gen. gammanne
genitive gammanne gammojenne
gammainne rare
partitive gammaanne gammojanne
inessive gammassanne gammoissanne
elative gammastanne gammoistanne
illative gammaanne gammoihinne
adessive gammallanne gammoillanne
ablative gammaltanne gammoiltanne
allative gammallenne gammoillenne
essive gammananne gammoinanne
translative gammaksenne gammoiksenne
abessive gammattanne gammoittanne
instructive
comitative gammoinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

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Noun

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gamma m (plural gamma)

  1. gamma (Greek letter)

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Noun

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gamma m (plural gammas)

  1. gamma (Greek letter)

Hungarian

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 gamma on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɒmːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: gam‧ma
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

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gamma (plural gammák)

  1. gamma (Greek letter)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gamma gammák
accusative gammát gammákat
dative gammának gammáknak
instrumental gammával gammákkal
causal-final gammáért gammákért
translative gammává gammákká
terminative gammáig gammákig
essive-formal gammaként gammákként
essive-modal
inessive gammában gammákban
superessive gammán gammákon
adessive gammánál gammáknál
illative gammába gammákba
sublative gammára gammákra
allative gammához gammákhoz
elative gammából gammákból
delative gammáról gammákról
ablative gammától gammáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gammáé gammáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gammáéi gammákéi
Possessive forms of gamma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gammám gammáim
2nd person sing. gammád gammáid
3rd person sing. gammája gammái
1st person plural gammánk gammáink
2nd person plural gammátok gammáitok
3rd person plural gammájuk gammáik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Further reading

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  • gamma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Noun

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gamma f (genitive singular gömmu, nominative plural gömmur) or
gamma n (genitive singular gamma, nominative plural gömmu)

  1. gamma (Greek letter)

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡam.ma/
  • Rhymes: -amma
  • Hyphenation: gàm‧ma

Noun

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gamma m or f (invariable)

  1. the name of the Greek-script letter Γ/γ; gamma

Noun

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gamma f (plural gamme)

  1. range, gamut
    Synonyms: varietà, assortimento, (music) scala, tonalità

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), from Phoenician 𐤂 (g /⁠gīml⁠/). Doublet of gama.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gamma f

  1. gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ)
  2. (physics) gamma ray

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Further reading

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  • gamma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gamma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sicilian

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Noun

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gamma f (plural gammi)

  1. Alternative form of jamma

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡama/ [ˈɡa.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: gam‧ma

Noun

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gamma f (plural gammas)

  1. gamma; the Greek letter Γ, γ

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

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Noun

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gamma n

  1. gamma; the Greek letter Γ, γ