Definitions for omegaoʊˈmi gə, oʊˈmeɪ-, oʊˈmɛg ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•me•gaoʊˈmi gə, oʊˈmeɪ-, oʊˈmɛg ə(n.)(pl.)-gas.

  1. the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).

    Category: Language/Linguistics

  2. the last of any series; the end.

Origin of omega:

< Gk ō méga lit., big o. Cf. omicron

Princeton's WordNet

  1. omega, Z(noun)

    the ending of a series or sequence

    "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation

  2. omega(noun)

    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet

Wiktionary

  1. omega(Noun)

    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: u03A9; lowercase: u03C9.

  2. omega(Noun)

    The end; the final, last or ultimate in a series.

    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. u2014 Revelation 22:13, New International Version.

  3. Origin: From Middle English, from ὦ μέγα (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).


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