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ι

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See also: Ι [U+0399 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA], ί [U+03AF GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS], ΐ [U+0390 GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS], ϊ [U+03CA GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA], Ϊ [U+03AA GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA], [U+1FD1 GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH MACRON], [U+1F35 GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DASIA AND OXIA], ɩ [U+0269 LATIN SMALL LETTER IOTA], and Appendix:Variations of "i"

ι U+03B9, ι
GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
θ
[U+03B8]
Greek and Coptic κ
[U+03BA]

Translingual

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ι

  1. (mathematics) sometimes used to write the imaginary unit
  2. (logic) the definite descriptor

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ι.

Letter

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ι (i) (lowercase, uppercase Ι)

  1. Lower-case iota (ἰῶτα), the ninth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close front unrounded vowel /i/. It is preceded by θ and followed by κ.

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See also upsilon

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Greek

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Letter

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ι (i) (lowercase, uppercase Ι)

  1. The lower case letter iota (γιώτα), the ninth letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Transliterated as I or J.

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