omicron

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Transcriber's note: The words "otototoi" and "ototototoi" were transliterated from the Greek as follows: the "ot" pairs--omicron (with the rough-breathing diacritical), tau; the trailing "i"--iota 3.

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  1. noun The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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  • Why? Because we can only tell what the thought is by studying the expression Transcriber's note: The Greek words in the above paragraph were transliterated as follows: nomos —nu, omicron, mu, omicron, final sigma; ho —(rough breathing mark), omicron Don't be taken in by abstractions. —  Letters to his Friends
  • The craft operated in two modes--omicron and delta, which indicated how many gravity amplifiers were in use. —  Omni: April 1994
  • Transcriber's note: The words "otototoi" and "ototototoi" were transliterated from the Greek as follows: the "ot" pairs--omicron (with the rough-breathing diacritical), tau; the trailing "i"--iota 3. —  Lyra Frivola
  • It does not obey the law of the series, for it is not one half as large as the term preceding it--what space is so small that dividing it by 2 gives us [omicron]? —  An Introduction to Philosophy
  • The colored tracings resemble those in the church on the Mount of Olives, and on one side are the large Greek letters [Theta][epsilon][omicron][nu]. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
 

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  1. Middle English, from Greek o mīkron, small o (because of its being a short vowel in Greek) : o, the letter o + mīkron, neuter of mīkros, small.

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  1. from Greek μικρόν, little or short o, distinguished from μέγα, great or long o. See omega.
 

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