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  1. noun The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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  • No matter that the thingummies generating the rho-field reticula were concentric spheres within spheres instead of the stacked crystalline blades of the analogous Milieu device; the principle, and the basic operation, had to be the same. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • The bird's scabby skin glowed faintly purplish in the bright sunshine as the rho-field reticula clothed it lightly. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • It was like having Poe's raven or Beddoes' old crow of Cairo (which Sam amusingly points out is homophonous with the Christian monogram chi-rho, a pretty fancy which he plays with entertainingly for a page and a half before discarding it) brooding at my shoulder. —  Reginald Hill
  • "Captain, with all due respect Ffe-rho is right," Rrin-saa put in. —  Warhorse
  • "Ffe-rho, I would like to know what it is you are asking us to do A fair question," Ferrol agreed. —  Warhorse
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Greek rhō, of Phoenician origin; see rאš in Semitic roots.

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  1. Greek ῤῶ, from the Phoenician form cognate with Hebrew rōsh, head, rēsh, name of the letter.
 

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