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Digamma
Digamma Di*gam"ma, n. [Gr. ?; ? = ? twice + ? the letter ?. So
called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the
other.] (Gr. Gram.)
A letter (?, ?) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into
disuse.
Note: This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in
sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was
pronounced, probably, much like the English W.
Meaning of Digamma from wikipedia
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Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an
archaic letter of the Gr**** alphabet. It
originally stood for the
sound /w/ but it has remained...
- In mathematics, the
digamma function is
defined as the
logarithmic derivative of the
gamma function: ψ ( z ) = d d z ln Γ ( z ) = Γ ′ ( z ) Γ ( z )...
- from
digamma and
closely resembles it in form.
After sound changes eliminated /w/ from most
dialects of Gr**** (Doric Gr****
retained it),
digamma was used...
- Ϝϝ
Digamma Ͱͱ Heta Ϻϻ San Ϙϙ
Koppa Ͷͷ Tsan
Digamma Ͳͳ
Sampi Ϸϸ Sho...
- Ϝϝ
Digamma Ͱͱ Heta Ϻϻ San Ϙϙ
Koppa Ͷͷ Tsan
Digamma Ͳͳ
Sampi Ϸϸ Sho...
-
symbols in mathematics, in
particular for ε/ϵ and π/ϖ. The
archaic letter digamma (Ϝ/ϝ/ϛ) is
sometimes used. The
Bayer designation naming scheme for stars...
- epsilon). A
doublet of waw was also
borrowed as a
consonant for [w] (Ϝ,
digamma). In addition, the
Phoenician letter for the
emphatic glottal /ħ/ (heth)...
- from the
Phoenician waw. The
letter was adapted, but
split in two, with
Digamma or wau ⟨Ϝ⟩
being adapted to
represent [w], and the
second one
being Upsilon...
-
functional values of the
classic eta
versus epsilon system. The
letter Digamma (Ϝ) for the
sound /w/ was
generally used only in
those local scripts where...
- The
hypothetical particle was
denoted by the Gr****
letter Ϝ (pronounced
digamma) in the
scientific literature,
owing to the
decay channel in
which the...
