gamma

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← beta		→ delta
Γ γ Ancient Greek: γάμμα
Wikipedia article on gamma

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡæmə/
• Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

gamma (plural gammas)

1. The name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
2. (mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
3. (mathematics) A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ.
4. (physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1 nT.

Derived terms

• gamma-aminobutyric acid
• gamma ray
• gamma correction
• gamma globulin
• nongamma

Translations

the name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet

Arabic: غاما (ar) (ghaamaa) f. Egyptian Arabic: جاما (gaamaa) f. Bosnian: gama (bs) Catalan: gamma (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 伽瑪 (zh), 伽玛 (zh) (gāmǎ), 伽馬 (zh), 伽马 (zh) (gāmǎ) Dutch: gamma (nl) m. and f. Finnish: gamma (fi) French: gamme (fr) f. German: Gamma (de) n. Greek: γάμμα (el) (gámma) f., γάμα (el) (gáma) f. Hungarian: gamma (hu)

Interlingua: gamma (ia) Italian: gamma (it) Japanese: ガンマ (ja) (gamma) Korean: 감마 (ko) (gamma) Portuguese: gama (pt) m. Russian: гамма (ru) (gámma) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гама (sh) f. Roman: gama (sh) f. Spanish: gamma (es) f. Swedish: gamma (sv) Turkish: gama (tr)

the Gamma function

Finnish: gammafunktio (fi)

Russian: гамма-функция (ru) (gámma-fúnkcija) f.

a constant

Finnish: gamma (fi)

a unit of magnetic field

Greek: γάμμα (el) (gámma) n.

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Serbo-Croatian: gama French: gamme f. Interlingua: gamma Italian: gamma Portuguese: gama m.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гама Roman: gama Spanish: gama f. Swedish: gamma

Anagrams

• magma

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Catalan

Noun

gamma f. (plural gammes)

1. Gamma; the Greek letter Γ (lowercase γ).
2. Gammut; the range of possible values, especially:

   (music) the set of tones available from a musical instrument, or

3. the set of possible color values available from a photographic or electronic device.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

gamma

1. gamut

Declension

    declension of gamma

nominative	gamma
genitive	gammanıñ
dative	gammağa
accusative	gammanı
locative	gammada
ablative	gammadan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Finnish

Greek letter
Γγ
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	Next:	delta

Wikipedia ^fi

(index g)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gam‧ma

Noun

gamma

1. gamma

Declension

Declension of gamma (type kala) singular plural nominative gamma gammat genitive gamman gammojen gammain1 partitive gammaa gammoja accusative gamma gamman gammat inessive gammassa gammoissa elative gammasta gammoista illative gammaan gammoihin adessive gammalla gammoilla ablative gammalta gammoilta allative gammalle gammoille essive gammana gammoina translative gammaksi gammoiksi instructive – gammoin abessive gammatta gammoitta comitative – gammoineen 1) Rare.

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French

Noun

gamma m. inv.

1. gamma (Greek letter)

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Italian

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

gamma f. (plural gamme)

1. range, gamut

gamma m. and f. inv.

1. gamma (Greek letter)

Derived terms

• raggio gamma

Anagrams

• magma

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Spanish

Noun

gamma f. (plural gammas)

1. gamma; the Greek letter Γ, γ

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

gamma n.

1. gamma; the Greek letter Γ, γ