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Webster 1913 Edition


omega

o-me′ga

(ō-mē′gȧ or ō-mā′gȧ or ō′mē̍-gȧ; 277)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὦ μέγα
, i.e., the great or long o. Cf.
Mickle
.]
1.
The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See
Alpha
.
2.
The last; the end; hence, death.
Omega
! thou art Lord,” they said.
Tennyson.
Alpha and Omega
,
the beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the whole.
Rev. i. 8.
The alpha and
omega
of science.
Sir J. Herschel.

Webster 1828 Edition


Omega

OME'GA

,
Noun.
[Gr. great O.] The name of the last letter of the Greek alphabet, as Alpha, A, is the first. Hence in Scripture, Alpha and Omega denotes the first and last, the beginning and the ending. Rev.

Definition 2024


Omega

Omega

See also: omega, ómega, oméga, and ômega

German

Noun

Omega n (genitive Omega or Omegas, plural Omegas)

  1. omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

omega

omega

See also: Omega, oméga, ómega, and ômega

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

psi
Ω ω
Ancient Greek: ὦ μέγα
Wikipedia article on omega

Noun

omega (plural omegas or omegala)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
    • 2013, Albert Schachter & Fabienne Marchand, "Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey", page 284 in Paraskevi Martzavou & ‎Nikolaos Papazarkadas (editors), Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical Polis
      The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega.
  2. (idiomatic, often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — Revelation 22:13, New International Version.
    • 2012, FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War, page 383
      And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.
  3. (physics) Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
    • 2013, Issues in General Physics Research: 2013 Edition, page 1084
      The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.
  4. An omega male.

Derived terms

Translations


Catalan

Noun

omega f (plural omegues)

  1. Omega; the Greek letter Ω (lowercase ω).

Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

omega f

  1. omega (Greek letter)

Italian

Noun

omega m, f (invariable)

  1. omega (letter; scientific symbol)

Spanish

Noun

omega f (plural omegas)

  1. omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω