Gamma

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Greek alphabet
Αα Alpha	Νν Nu
Ββ Beta	Ξξ Xi
Γγ Gamma	Οο Omicron
Δδ Delta	Ππ Pi
Εε Epsilon	Ρρ Rho
Ζζ Zeta	Σσ Sigma
Ηη Eta	Ττ Tau
Θθ Theta	Υυ Upsilon
Ιι Iota	Φφ Phi
Κκ Kappa	Χχ Chi
Λλ Lambda	Ψψ Psi
Μμ Mu	Ωω Omega
Obsolete letters
Ϝϝ Digamma	Ϸϸ Sho
Ϛϛ Stigma	Ϙϙ Qoppa
Ϻϻ San	Ϡϡ Sampi
Greek diacritics

Gamma (uppercase Γ, lowercase γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel Image:Phoenician gimel.png. Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C and G and the Cyrillic letters Ge Г and Ghe Ґ.

In Modern Greek, it represents either a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ or a voiced palatal fricative /ʝ/. In Ancient Greek, it represented a voiced velar stop /ɡ/. Before velars, it represents a velar nasal /ŋ/ in Modern as well as Ancient Greek, and a double gamma represents a prenasalized voiced velar stop (/ŋɡ/).

[edit] Use as a symbol or a term

Main article: Gamma (disambiguation)

Gamma is often used to denote a variable in mathematics and physics. In certain areas it has a specific meaning, such as representing gamma radiation.als:Γ ar:غاما (حرف إغريقي) arc:Γ ast:Gamma br:Gamma (lizherenn) bg:Гама (буква) ca:Gamma cy:Gamma da:Gamma (bogstav) de:Gamma el:Γάμμα es:Γ eu:Gamma (greko) fr:Gamma ga:Gáma gd:Gamma gl:Gamma ko:Γ id:Gamma (huruf Yunani) it:Gamma (lettera) he:גמא (אות) ka:გამა (ასო) sw:Gamma ht:Γ ku:Gamma la:Gamma hu:Gamma ms:Gama nl:Gamma (letter) ja:Γ no:Gamma nn:Gamma nds:Gamma pl:Gamma pt:Γ ru:Гамма (буква) sk:Gama (grécke písmeno) sl:Gama sr:Гама fi:Gamma sv:Gamma th:แกมมา tr:Γ zh:Γ