Ω

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Translingual

Symbol

Ω (U+03A9) or (U+2126) Apple: ALT + (lowercase) z

  1. The symbol for ohm, the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units.

Usage notes

The Unicode Standard states that the U+2126 Ω ohm sign is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent ohms, the U+03A9 Ω greek capital letter omega is preferred.

Derived terms

Symbol for ohm

See also


Greek

Letter

Ω (O) (uppercase, lowercase ω)

  1. The upper case letter omega (ωμέγα), the last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
  2. The upper case letter omega (Ω) is used as the mathematical notation or symbol for the last place in a set or group of items.

Numeral

Ω (O)

  1. The number 800 in Greek numerals.
  2. The number 800,000 in Greek numerals.

See also

see: Appendix:Greek alphabet