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Nick at 11:48, 22 September 2016

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-	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; [[Greek]] Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.	+	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; [[Greek]] Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.

	==Uses==		==Uses==

Beza 1598 at 08:31, 8 March 2016

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	[[Category:Greek letters]]		[[Category:Greek letters]]
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Nick: /* See also */

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Nick at 19:04, 16 April 2011

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	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; [[Greek]] Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.		'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; [[Greek]] Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.

Nick: /* Upper case */

2011-02-28T17:43:09Z

Upper case

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	====Upper case====		====Upper case====
-	The upper-case letter ~~<math>\Gamma </math>~~ is used as a symbol for:	+	The upper-case letter Γ is used as a symbol for:
-	*In mathematics, the [[gamma function]] (usually written as ~~<math>\Gamma </math>~~-function) is an extension of the [[factorial]] to [[complex number]]s	+	*In mathematics, the [[gamma function]] (usually written as Γ-function) is an extension of the [[factorial]] to [[complex number]]s
	*In probability theory and statistics, the [[gamma distribution]] is a two-parameter family of continuous probability distributions.		*In probability theory and statistics, the [[gamma distribution]] is a two-parameter family of continuous probability distributions.
	*[[circulation (fluid dynamics)\|circulation]] in [[fluid mechanics]]		*[[circulation (fluid dynamics)\|circulation]] in [[fluid mechanics]]
	*As [[reflection coefficient]] in physics and electrical engineering		*As [[reflection coefficient]] in physics and electrical engineering
	*The tape alphabet of a [[Turing machine]]		*The tape alphabet of a [[Turing machine]]
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-

	==See also==		==See also==

Nick: /* Lower case */

2011-02-28T17:42:39Z

Lower case

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	===Math and science===		===Math and science===
	====Lower case====		====Lower case====
-	The lower-case letter ~~<math>\gamma </math>~~ is used as a symbol for:	+	The lower-case letter γ is used as a symbol for:
	*[[gamma radiation]] in [[nuclear physics]]		*[[gamma radiation]] in [[nuclear physics]]
	*[[surface energy]] in [[materials science]]		*[[surface energy]] in [[materials science]]
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	*[[gamma waves\|gamma oscillation]] in [[neuroscience]]		*[[gamma waves\|gamma oscillation]] in [[neuroscience]]
	*[[gamma motoneurons\|Gamma Motor Neurons]] in [[neuroscience]]		*[[gamma motoneurons\|Gamma Motor Neurons]] in [[neuroscience]]
-	*[[antibiotic]] concentration (1 ~~<math>\gamma </math>~~ = 1~~ ~~µg/ml) in [[microbiology]]	+	*[[antibiotic]] concentration (1 γ = 1 µg/ml) in [[microbiology]]
	*the power by which the luminance of an image is increased in [[gamma correction]]		*the power by which the luminance of an image is increased in [[gamma correction]]
	*The [[Euler–Mascheroni constant]]		*The [[Euler–Mascheroni constant]]
	*In mechanical engineering,		*In mechanical engineering,
	**[[specific weight]]		**[[specific weight]]
-	**The [[shear rate]] of a fluid is represented by a lower case gamma with a dot above it: ~~<math> \dot \gamma </math>~~	+	**The [[shear rate]] of a fluid is represented by a lower case gamma with a dot above it:
	** [[Austenite]] (also known as γ-iron), a metallic non-magnetic allotrope or solid solution of iron.		** [[Austenite]] (also known as γ-iron), a metallic non-magnetic allotrope or solid solution of iron.

Nick at 17:40, 28 February 2011

2011-02-28T17:40:08Z

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-	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.	+	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; [[Greek]] Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.

	==Uses==		==Uses==

Nick: /* Unicode */

2011-01-31T14:46:53Z

Unicode

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	*The tape alphabet of a [[Turing machine]]		*The tape alphabet of a [[Turing machine]]

-	~~==Unicode==~~	+
-	The [[List of XML and HTML character entity references#Character entity references in HTML\|HTML entities]] for uppercase and lowercase gamma are <font face="monospace" style="font-size:123%">&gamma;</font> and <font face="monospace" style="font-size:123%">&Gamma;</font>.	+
-	~~{\| class="wikitable unicode"~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! description \|\| character \|\| Unicode \|\| HTML~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| [[Latin alphabet\|Latin]]~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Ɣ<br>ɣ \|\| U+0194<br>U+0263 \|\| &#404;<br>&#611;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>SMALL LETTER<br>RAMS HORN</small> \|\| ɤ \|\| U+0264 \|\| &#612;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| spacing modifier letters~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>MODIFIER LETTER<br>SMALL GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ˠ \|\| U+02E0 \|\| &#736;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| [[Greek alphabet\|Greek]]~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Γ<br>γ \|\| U+0393<br>U+03B3 \|\| &#915;<br>&#947;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| phonetic extensions~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>LETTER<br>SMALL CAPITAL<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ᴦ \|\| U+1D26 \|\| &#7462;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>MODIFIER LETTER<br>SMALL GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ᵞ \|\| U+1D5E \|\| &#7518;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>SUBSCRIPT<br>SMALL LETTER<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ᵧ \|\| U+1D67 \|\| &#7527;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| letterlike symbols~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>DOUBLE-STRUCK<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ℾ<br>ℽ \|\| U+213E<br>U+213D \|\| &#8510;<br>&#8509;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~! colspan="4" \| [[Coptic alphabet\|Coptic]]~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	~~\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Ⲅ<br>ⲅ \|\| U+2C84<br>U+2C85 \|\| &#11396;<br>&#11397;~~	+
-	\|-	+
-	\|}	+

	==See also==		==See also==

Nick at 14:46, 31 January 2011

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-	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; ~~{{Lang-el\|~~Γάμμα}}) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.	+	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; Γάμμα) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.

	==Uses==		==Uses==

Nick at 14:45, 31 January 2011

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-	Γ γ Gamma	+	'''Gamma''' (uppercase '''Γ''', lowercase '''γ'''; {{Lang-el\|Γάμμα}}) is the third letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of [[Greek numerals]] it has a value of 3. It was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Gimel]] [[Image:phoenician gimel.png\|20px\|Gimel]]. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman [[C]] and [[G]] and the Cyrillic letters [[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Ge]] Г and [[Ge with upturn\|Ghe]] Ґ.

-	~~Gamma (uppercase Γ, lowercase γ;~~ Greek~~: Γάμμα) is the third letter of the~~ Greek ~~alphabet~~. In ~~the system of~~ Greek ~~numerals~~ it ~~has~~ a ~~value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel . Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C and G and the Cyrillic letters Ge Г and Ghe Ґ~~.	+	==Uses==
		+	===Greek===
		+	====In isolation====
		+	In [[Greek language\|Modern Greek]], it represents either a [[voiced velar fricative]] /ɣ/ or a [[voiced palatal fricative]] /ʝ/. In [[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]], it represented a [[voiced velar stop]] /ɡ/.

-	~~In Modern Greek~~, it represents ~~either~~ a ~~voiced~~ velar ~~fricative~~ /ɣ/ or ~~a voiced palatal fricative~~ /ʝ/. In ~~Ancient Greek~~, ~~it represented a~~ voiced velar ~~stop /ɡ/~~. ~~Before velars,~~ it represents a ~~velar nasal~~ /ŋ/ in ~~Modern~~ as ~~well~~ as ~~Ancient Greek~~, and ~~a double~~ gamma ~~represents~~ a ~~prenasalized voiced velar stop~~ (/ŋɡ/).	+	====Before velars====
		+	Before other [[velars]] (κ, χ ''k, kh''), it represents a [[velar nasal]] /ŋ/ in Modern as well as Ancient Greek. A double gamma γγ represents the sequence /ŋɡ/ (phonetically varying [ŋɡ~ɡ]) or /ŋɣ/.
		+
		+	===International Phonetic Alphabet===
		+	In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], lowercase gamma (ɣ) represents the [[voiced velar fricative]]. A lowercase gamma that lies above the [[baseline (typography)\|baseline]] rather than crossing it (ɤ) represents the [[close-mid back unrounded vowel]].
		+
		+	===Math and science===
		+	====Lower case====
		+	The lower-case letter <math>\gamma </math> is used as a symbol for:
		+	*[[gamma radiation]] in [[nuclear physics]]
		+	*[[surface energy]] in [[materials science]]
		+	*the [[Lorentz factor]] in [[theory of relativity]]
		+	*The [[heat capacity ratio]] Cp/Cv in [[thermodynamics]]
		+	*The [[activity coefficient]] in [[thermodynamics]]
		+	*The [[gyromagnetic ratio]] in [[electromagnetism]]
		+	*[[gamma waves\|gamma oscillation]] in [[neuroscience]]
		+	*[[gamma motoneurons\|Gamma Motor Neurons]] in [[neuroscience]]
		+	*[[antibiotic]] concentration (1 <math>\gamma </math> = 1 µg/ml) in [[microbiology]]
		+	*the power by which the luminance of an image is increased in [[gamma correction]]
		+	*The [[Euler–Mascheroni constant]]
		+	*In mechanical engineering,
		+	**[[specific weight]]
		+	**The [[shear rate]] of a fluid is represented by a lower case gamma with a dot above it: <math> \dot \gamma </math>
		+	** [[Austenite]] (also known as γ-iron), a metallic non-magnetic allotrope or solid solution of iron.
		+
		+	====Upper case====
		+	The upper-case letter <math>\Gamma </math> is used as a symbol for:
		+	*In mathematics, the [[gamma function]] (usually written as <math>\Gamma </math>-function) is an extension of the [[factorial]] to [[complex number]]s
		+	*In probability theory and statistics, the [[gamma distribution]] is a two-parameter family of continuous probability distributions.
		+	*[[circulation (fluid dynamics)\|circulation]] in [[fluid mechanics]]
		+	*As [[reflection coefficient]] in physics and electrical engineering
		+	*The tape alphabet of a [[Turing machine]]
		+
		+	==Unicode==
		+	The [[List of XML and HTML character entity references#Character entity references in HTML\|HTML entities]] for uppercase and lowercase gamma are <font face="monospace" style="font-size:123%">&gamma;</font> and <font face="monospace" style="font-size:123%">&Gamma;</font>.
		+	{\| class="wikitable unicode"
		+	\|-
		+	! description \|\| character \|\| Unicode \|\| HTML
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| [[Latin alphabet\|Latin]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Ɣ<br>ɣ \|\| U+0194<br>U+0263 \|\| &#404;<br>&#611;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>SMALL LETTER<br>RAMS HORN</small> \|\| ɤ \|\| U+0264 \|\| &#612;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| spacing modifier letters
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>MODIFIER LETTER<br>SMALL GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ˠ \|\| U+02E0 \|\| &#736;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| [[Greek alphabet\|Greek]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Γ<br>γ \|\| U+0393<br>U+03B3 \|\| &#915;<br>&#947;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| phonetic extensions
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>LETTER<br>SMALL CAPITAL<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ᴦ \|\| U+1D26 \|\| &#7462;
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>MODIFIER LETTER<br>SMALL GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ᵞ \|\| U+1D5E \|\| &#7518;
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>SUBSCRIPT<br>SMALL LETTER<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ◌ᵧ \|\| U+1D67 \|\| &#7527;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| letterlike symbols
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>DOUBLE-STRUCK<br>GAMMA</small> \|\| ℾ<br>ℽ \|\| U+213E<br>U+213D \|\| &#8510;<br>&#8509;
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="4" \| [[Coptic alphabet\|Coptic]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| <small>LETTER GAMMA</small> \|\| Ⲅ<br>ⲅ \|\| U+2C84<br>U+2C85 \|\| &#11396;<br>&#11397;
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+
		+	==See also==
		+	*[[Ge (Cyrillic)\|Г, г - Ge (Cyrillic)]]
		+	*[[G\|G, g - Latin]]
		+	*[[photon]]

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