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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. omicronnoun

   the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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. 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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.

   Occultism

   
   

   Submitted by mikelisa1979 on December 15, 2021  

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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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   David

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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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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Gary Kelly:

   No one could have planned for Omicron. It's the curveball of curveballs, i give the industry a thumbs up for trying to plan as much as they could.

2. Michelle Groome:

   Our cases are increasing very rapidly, I think probably at the fastest rate we have seen since the start of the pandemic, but it is unclear whether this is due to increased transmissibility of the omicron variant or due to immune escape.

3. Leo Poon:

   We have to prepare for the worst because we don't actually know how many got infected in the end because of this case, omicron is spreading all around the globe, in Europe, in the Americas, and and also probably sometime in the future in Asia.

4. Tim Savoy:

   In a normal year, we have about 500 subs in our pool of subs. We started this year with only about 100 subs because of Delta, we have since increased the pool of approved subs to about 300. But because of Omicron, the demand is also greatly increased.

5. Francis Collins:

   Your best protection against Delta is to get vaccinated, and if you've already been vaccinated and six months have passed since you got Pfizer or Moderna, get your booster, two months since JJ, get your booster, that was a reason already, but now add Omicron to the mix.

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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. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=omicron
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=omicron