Ω

See also: ω, ჲ, ὥ, ὦ, ᾧ, -ῳ, ᘯ, and Appendix:Variations of "o"

Ω U+03A9, Ω GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA ← Ψ [U+03A8] Greek and Coptic Ϊ → [U+03AA]

Character variations

Ω U+2126, Ω OHM SIGN ← ℥ [U+2125] Letterlike Symbols ℧ → [U+2127]

Translingual

Symbol

Ω

1. The symbol for ohm, the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units.

Usage notes

• The Unicode Standard states that Ω (U+2126 OHM SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. Ω (U+03A9 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA) is preferred to represent ohms.

Derived terms

• aΩ
• cΩ
• daΩ
• dΩ
• EΩ
• fΩ
• GΩ
• hΩ
• MΩ
• mΩ
• nΩ
• PΩ
• pΩ
• TΩ
• YΩ
• yΩ
• zΩ
• µΩ
• Ω/□

 

See also

• Ω on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The most common uppercase form is a variant of omicron (Ο), broken up at the side (), with the edges subsequently turned outward (, , , ). The alternative uppercase form, found in some typefaces, that looks like a larger version of lowercase ω, is from a digraph of two omicrons written close together.

Letter

Ω • (Ō) (uppercase, lowercase ω)

1. The letter omega (ὦ μέγα), the 24th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

Ω • (O) (uppercase, lowercase ω)

1. The upper case letter omega (ωμέγα), the last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral

Ω • (O)

1. The number 800 in Greek numerals.
2. The number 800,000 in Greek numerals.

See also

see: Appendix:Greek alphabet