Definitions for omicron
ˈɒm ɪˌkrɒn, ˈoʊ mɪ-omi·cron

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1. omicronnoun

   the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet

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1. omicronnoun

   the name for the 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.

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1. Omicron

   Omicron (; uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally 'small o': όμικρον from ὂ μικρόν ò mikrón, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin: . In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound [o] in contrast to omega [ɔː] and ου [oː]. In modern Greek, omicron represents the mid back rounded vowel /o̞/ , the same sound as omega. Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O.

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1. omicron

   Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, represented as uppercase 'Ο' and lowercase 'ο'. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 70. Moreover, recently, the term 'Omicron' has been used as a name assigned by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a variant of concern for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known to cause COVID-19.

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1. Omicron

   Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. It is rarely used in mathematics because it is indistinguishable from the Latin letters O, o and easily confused with the digit 0. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin . In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound in contrast to omega and ου. In modern Greek, omicron represents the sound. Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O. In Unicode the capital letter is codepoint U+039F and the lowercase is U+03BF. The upper-case letter of omicron was originally used in mathematics as a symbol for Big O notation, representing the asymptotic rate of growth of a function.

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1. Omicron

   ō-mī′kron, n. the short o in the Greek alphabet.

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1. OMICRON

   The Omicron Star System According To Astrology Is A Representative Of The Serpent Being Crowned.

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1. omicron

   The omicron symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the omicron symbol and its characteristic.

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Anagrams for omicron »

1. moronic

2. oncomir

How to pronounce omicron?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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How to say omicron in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of omicron in a Sentence

1. Londoner Derek Lubner:

   It’s crazy. (Omicron) is already spreading in France, i mean I understand they need to protect the people but it’s here. What can you do? And it’s gonna hurt people. It hurts people, it hurts tourists, it hurts your local businesses.

2. Richard Curtin:

   While the Delta and Omicron variants certainly contributed to this downward shift, the decline was also due to an escalating inflation rate.

3. Mitch Katz:

   I'm sorry that demand was so enormous over the last few days -- we did not anticipate so much news about Omicron, we did not anticipate that the supply chain would run out of the home tests. In my own pharmacies last week, there were shelves and shelves of home tests to take care of the demand. When I went by yesterday, there were none, good luck finding an at-home test in some parts of the country.

4. Health Jan Malcolm:

   We still have more to learn about Omicron, but the most important thing we can do right now is to use the tools we have available to make it as hard as possible for this virus to spread, in addition to vaccination and boosters, we can slow the spread of this variant and all COVID-19 variants by using the tried-and-true prevention methods of wearing masks, staying home when sick, and getting tested when appropriate.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We are already in a Delta surge. I mean, the cases are going up, and then you have, looking over your shoulder, the Omicron variant, which we know from what's going on in South Africa and in the UK, is a highly transmissible virus.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=omicron
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Omicron
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=omicron
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=omicron
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=omicron