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| 1. | the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ). |
| 2. | the consonant sound represented by this letter. |
| 3. | the third in a series of items. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. a star that is usually the third brightest of a constellation: The third brightest star in the Southern Cross is Gamma Crucis. |
| 5. | a unit of weight equal to one microgram. |
| 6. | Physics. a unit of magnetic field strength, equal to 10−5 gauss. |
| 7. | Photography. a measure of the degree of development of a negative or print. |
| 8. | Television. an analogous numerical indication of the degree of contrast between light and dark in the reproduction of an image in television. |
| 9. | Chiefly British. a grade showing that an individual student is in the third, or lowest, of three scholastic sections in a class. Compare alpha (def. 7), beta (def. 8). |
[Origin: < Gk gámma
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Gamma
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| gam·ma
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n.
[Middle English, from Greek, of Phoenician origin; see gml2 in Semitic roots.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
gamma
"third letter of the Greek alphabet," c.1400, from Gk. gamma, from Phoenician gimel, lit. "camel." Gamma rays (1903) were originally thought to be a third type of radiation, now known to be identical with very short X-rays.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| gamma | |
noun | |
| 1. | the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 2. | a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted |
| 3. | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) [syn: da Gamma] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
gamma [ˈgӕmə]
a powerful form of radiation
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
GAMMA language
1. A language for matrices and generation of mathematical programming reports.
["GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/MPSX, IBM System:/360", Bonnor & Moore Assocs (Mar 1975)].
2. A high-level parallel language.
[Research Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages, LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992].
(1994-11-29)
| The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe |
Gamma
Gam"ma\, n. The third letter ([Gamma], [gamma] = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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