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See also: Φ [U+03A6 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI] ,
ϕ [U+03D5 GREEK PHI SYMBOL] ,
ф [U+0444 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EF] ,
Ф [U+0424 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF] ,
Փ [U+0553 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PIWR] , and φ.
ϕ ( mathematics, technical )
Named by mathematician Mark Barr after Ancient Greek Φειδίας ( Pheidías ) (Phidias ), who supposedly used the golden ratio in his work.
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( mathematics ) The golden ratio , an irrational number with a value of approximately 1.618033988 which expresses the relationship that the sum of two quantities is to the larger quantity as the larger is to the smaller.
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( mathematics ) Euler's totient function , an arithmetic function that counts totatives
( UPA ) a voiceless labiodental fricative (IPA [ɸ] ).
( Cyrillic, phonetics ) a voiceless labiodental fricative (IPA [ɸ] ).
Derived from its majuscule counterpart Φ .
φ • (ph ) (lowercase , uppercase Φ )
Lower-case phi (φεῖ ), the 21st letter of the ancient Greek alphabet . It represented the voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive /pʰ/ and later the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/ . It is preceded by υ and followed by χ .
See also phi
( 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 ( W ) ϝ ( w ) , Ͷ ͷ , Ͱ ( H ) ͱ ( h ) , Ϻ ( S ) ϻ ( s ) , Ϟ ϟ , Ϙ ( Q ) ϙ ( q ) , Ͳ ( S ) ͳ ( s )
( punctuation ) · ⸳ . ;
( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
φ • (f ) (lowercase , uppercase Φ )
The lower case letter phi (φι ), the 21st letter of the modern Greek alphabet .
( 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 ( W ) ϝ ( w ) , Ͷ ͷ , Ͱ ( H ) ͱ ( h ) , Ϻ ( S ) ϻ ( s ) , Ϟ ϟ , Ϙ ( Q ) ϙ ( q ) , Ͳ ( S ) ͳ ( s )
( punctuation ) · ⸳ . ;
( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
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