γ
- (mathematics) theEuler-Mascheroni constant
- (particle physics)photon,gamma ray
- (physics)Lorentz factor
- (thermodynamics) Theheat capacity ratio.
- Synonym:k
- (UPA) avoiced velar fricative (IPA[ɣ]).
- (Cyrillic, phonetics) a voiced velar fricative (IPA[ɣ]).
Seegamma for the name of this letter in other languages.
γ (g) (upper caseΓ,lower caseγ)
- The 4th letter of theArvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
- Greek script letters (script appendix):Α α,Β β,B b,Γ γ,Γϳ γϳ,Δ δ,D d,Ε ε,Ε̱ ε̱,Ζ ζ,Ζ̇ ζ̇,Θ θ,Ι ι,Ϳ ϳ,Κ κ,Κ̇ κ̇,Λ λ,ΛΛ λλ,Λ̇ λ̇,Μ μ,Ν ν,Ν̇ ν̇,Ο ο,Π π,Ρ ρ,Ρ̇ ρ̇,Σ σ,Σ̈ σ̈,Τ τ,Ȣ ȣ,Υ υ,Φ φ,Χ χ,Χ̇ χ̇,ΤΣ τσ,ΤΣ̈ τσ̈,DΣ dσ,DΣ̈ dσ̈ [edit]
- (Latin-script letters)shkronjë;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,Dh dh,E e,Ë ë,F f,G g,Gj gj,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,Ll ll,M m,N n,Nj nj,O o,P p,Q q,R r,Rr rr,S s,Sh sh,T t,Th th,U u,V v,X x,Xh xh,Y y,Z z,Zh zh
Derived from itsmajuscule counterpartΓ(G), from thePhoenician letter𐤂(g,“gimel”).
γ• (g) (lowercase,uppercaseΓ)
- Lower-casegamma, the third letter of the ancientGreek alphabet. Its name wasγάμμα and it represented avoiced velar stop:/ɡ/; beforevelars, it represented avelar nasal:/ŋ/. It is preceded byβ and followed byδ.
- (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),Ͷͷ,Ͱ(H)ͱ(h),Ϻ(S)ϻ(s),Ϟϟ,Ϙ(Q)ϙ(q),Ͳ(S)ͳ(s)
- (punctuation)·;
- (diacritics)᾿῾◌́◌̀῀¨
- As a single consonant, a fricativeIPA(key): [ɣ] (or[ʝ] before afront vowel).
- ⟨γγ⟩ is[ŋɡ] ([ɲɟ] before a front vowel); commonly reduced to[ɡ] (or[ɟ]) in informal speech. The gamma remains a fricative ([ŋɣ] or[ɲʝ]) in some words, e.g.εγγενής,έγγραφο,συγγραφέας.
- ⟨γκ⟩ is[ɡ] word-initially and in some loanwords,[ŋɡ] otherwise; commonly reduced to[ɡ] in informal speech.
- ⟨γξ⟩ is[ŋks].
- ⟨γχ⟩ is[ŋx] (or[ɲç] before afront vowel).
γ• (g) (lowercase,uppercaseΓ)
- Lower-casegamma, the third letter of the modernGreek alphabet. Its name isγάμμα orγάμα. It is preceded byβ and followed byδ.
- (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),Ͷͷ,Ͱ(H)ͱ(h),Ϻ(S)ϻ(s),Ϟϟ,Ϙ(Q)ϙ(q),Ͳ(S)ͳ(s)
- (punctuation)·;
- (diacritics)᾿῾◌́◌̀῀¨
γ (upper caseY) [the capital is actually a large⟨γ⟩]
- Aletter of the Wakhialphabet, written in theLatin script.
