γ

See also: Γ, γ', Appendix:Variations of “c”, and Appendix:Variations of "g"

Translingual

Symbol

γ

1. (mathematics) the Euler-Mascheroni constant
2. (physics) photon, gamma ray
3. (physics) Lorentz factor

See also

• γ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See gamma for the name of this letter in other languages.

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Γ (G), from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “gimel”).

Letter

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)

1. 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

• γ' (g'), ,γ (,g)

Descendants

• g, G (Roman)
• c, C (Roman)
• г, Г (Cyrillic)
• ⲅ, Ⲅ (Coptic)
• ɣ (IPA)
• Ⰳ, ⰳ (Glagolitic)

• English: γ-ray, γ-globulin
• Greek: γ (g)

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

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Greek

Letter

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)

1. Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Its name is γάμμα or γάμα and it represents either a voiced velar fricative: /ɣ/ or a voiced palatal fricative: /ʝ/; before velars, it represents a velar nasal: /ŋ/. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨