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Definition of Gamma
1. Noun. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
Generic synonyms: Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet
2. Noun. A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted.
3. Noun. 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).
Definition of Gamma
1. n. The third letter (Γ, γ = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
Definition of Gamma
1. Noun. The name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet ('''?''', '''?'''), preceded by beta ('''?''', '''?''') and followed by delta, ('''?''', '''?'''). ¹
2. Noun. (context: mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by ?. ¹
3. Noun. (context: mathematics) A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by ?. ¹
4. Noun. (context: physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1 nT. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gamma
1. a Greek letter [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gamma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamma
Literary usage of Gamma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A simple, up-down elevator is at the heart of our gamma systems. ... Solved in
our gamma systems with more of the right shielding (4 inches of graded ..."
2. Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes: 2000 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nea (2000)
"gamma imaging activities represent a global annual turnover greater than 1 ...
The main applications of nuclear diagnostic imaging using gamma cameras are ..."
3. Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics: With Special by Joseph William Mellor (1902)
"The gamma Function. It is sometimes found convenient to express the solution of
a physical problem in terms of a definite integral whose numerical value is ..."
4. Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi by Eleanor Anne Ormerod, Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti (1878)
"PLUSIA gamma. 1. Plusia gamma. Silver Y Moth. The unusual amount of appearance
of this moth has been as remarkable as that of the Colias ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"We should therefore expect fine-grained gamma iron to transform into more grains
of non-gamma iron at Ar3 than would coarse-grained gamma iron, ..."
6. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Ill to VI, there is a fourth allotropic form, gamma Beta I Beta II -Alpha ...
31, III to VI represents beta I mixed with gamma, and that of quenched carbon ..."
7. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"Irion Professional Library THE following resolutions were adopted " by gamma
Chapter on July 18, 1932, and the chapter has since been informed of the ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A simple, up-down elevator is at the heart of our gamma systems. ... Solved in
our gamma systems with more of the right shielding (4 inches of graded ..."
9. Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes: 2000 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nea (2000)
"gamma imaging activities represent a global annual turnover greater than 1 ...
The main applications of nuclear diagnostic imaging using gamma cameras are ..."
10. Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics: With Special by Joseph William Mellor (1902)
"The gamma Function. It is sometimes found convenient to express the solution of
a physical problem in terms of a definite integral whose numerical value is ..."
11. Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi by Eleanor Anne Ormerod, Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti (1878)
"PLUSIA gamma. 1. Plusia gamma. Silver Y Moth. The unusual amount of appearance
of this moth has been as remarkable as that of the Colias ..."
12. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"We should therefore expect fine-grained gamma iron to transform into more grains
of non-gamma iron at Ar3 than would coarse-grained gamma iron, ..."
13. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Ill to VI, there is a fourth allotropic form, gamma Beta I Beta II -Alpha ...
31, III to VI represents beta I mixed with gamma, and that of quenched carbon ..."
14. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"Irion Professional Library THE following resolutions were adopted " by gamma
Chapter on July 18, 1932, and the chapter has since been informed of the ..."
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