omega
Meaning
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- 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.
- The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
- Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
- A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.
- (slang) An omega male.
- The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
- (slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈəʊmɪɡə/
Etymology
From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).
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