γ

γ

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

• γ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

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

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.

• γ' (g'), ,γ (,g)

• 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)

• (Greek-script letters) Α α (A a), Β β (B b), Γ γ (G g), Δ δ (D d), Ε ε (E e), Ζ ζ (Z z), Η η (Ē ē), Θ θ (Th th), Ι ι ℩ (I i ℩), Κ κ (K k), Λ λ (L l), Μ μ (M m), Ν ν (N n), Ξ ξ (X x), Ο ο (O o), Π π (P p), Ρ ρ (R r), Σ σ ς (S s s), Τ τ (T t), Υ υ (U u), Φ φ (Ph ph), Χ χ (Kh kh), Ψ ψ (Ps ps), Ω ω (Ō ō)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ´ ` ῀ ¨ ¯ ˘

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.

• (Greek-script letters) Α α (A a), Β β (B b), Γ γ (G g), Δ δ (D d), Ε ε (E e), Ζ ζ (Z z), Η η (Ē ē), Θ θ (Th th), Ι ι ℩ (I i ℩), Κ κ (K k), Λ λ (L l), Μ μ (M m), Ν ν (N n), Ξ ξ (X x), Ο ο (O o), Π π (P p), Ρ ρ (R r), Σ σ ς (S s s), Τ τ (T t), Υ υ (U u), Φ φ (Ph ph), Χ χ (Kh kh), Ψ ψ (Ps ps), Ω ω (Ō ō)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ´ ` ῀ ¨ ¯ ˘