ι

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See also: Ι, ί, ΐ, ϊ, Ϊ, , , and Appendix:Variations of "i"

ι U+03B9, ι
GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
θ
[U+03B8]
Greek and Coptic κ
[U+03BA]
U+1FBE, ι
GREEK PROSGEGRAMMENI

[U+1FBD]
Greek Extended ᾿
[U+1FBF]
𝜄 U+1D704, 𝜄
MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL IOTA
𝜃
[U+1D703]
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜅
[U+1D705]

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ι

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

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ι.

Letter[edit]

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.

Derived terms[edit]

See also upsilon

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Greek[edit]

Letter[edit]

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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