omega

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See also: Omega, oméga, ómega, and ômega

English

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WOTD – 19 November 2013, 19 November 2014
Ancient Greek Alphabet
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psi
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Ω ω
Ancient Greek: ὦ μέγα
Wikipedia article on omega

Etymology

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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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Noun

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omega (plural omegas or omegala)

  1. 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.
    • 2013, Albert Schachter, Fabienne Marchand, “Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey”, in Paraskevi Martzavou, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, editors, Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical, Polis, page 284:
      The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega.
  2. (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
    alpha and omega
    • 1978, New International Version, Revelation 22:13:
      I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
    • 2012, FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War, page 383:
      And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.
  3. (physics) Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
    • 2013, Issues in General Physics Research, page 1084:
      The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.
  4. (set theory) A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.
  5. (slang) An omega male.
  6. (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
  7. (fandom 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.
    • 2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World‎[1], page 317:
      Often omegas go into heat and release pheromones that drive alphas wild.
    • 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 5:
      By writing a male character as an omega, experiences of being treated as other in female-coded ways are imagined to be experienced by a character who represents the male norm.
    • 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 126:
      Sweet as Peaches on the Tongue can be defined as the typical dark A/B/O story, wherein a rich alpha gentleman (Dr. Hannibal Lecter) comes across a very young, virginal omega (Will Graham) by accident.

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Hypernyms

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  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

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Adjective

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omega (not comparable)

  1. (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimate; of the highest degree. Massive, ineffable.
    Omega props, dude.

Adverb

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omega (not comparable)

  1. (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimately, most, supremely.
    Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?

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Noun

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omega f (plural omegues)

  1. Omega; the Greek letter Ω (lowercase ω)

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Czech

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Noun

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omega n or f

  1. omega (Greek letter)

Declension

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when feminine:

Declension of omega (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative omega omegy
genitive omegy omeg
dative omeze omegám
accusative omegu omegy
vocative omego omegy
locative omeze omegách
instrumental omegou omegami

Indeclinable when neuter.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

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omega f or m (plural omegas, diminutive omegaatje n)

  1. omega (Greek letter)

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Finnish

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Noun

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omega

  1. Alternative spelling of oomega.

Declension

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Inflection of omega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative omega omegat
genitive omegan omegoiden
omegoitten
omegojen
partitive omegaa omegoita
omegoja
illative omegaan omegoihin
singular plural
nominative omega omegat
accusative nom. omega omegat
gen. omegan
genitive omegan omegoiden
omegoitten
omegojen
omegain rare
partitive omegaa omegoita
omegoja
inessive omegassa omegoissa
elative omegasta omegoista
illative omegaan omegoihin
adessive omegalla omegoilla
ablative omegalta omegoilta
allative omegalle omegoille
essive omegana omegoina
translative omegaksi omegoiksi
abessive omegatta omegoitta
instructive — omegoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of omega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative omegani omegani
accusative nom. omegani omegani
gen. omegani
genitive omegani omegoideni
omegoitteni
omegojeni
omegaini rare
partitive omegaani omegoitani
omegojani
inessive omegassani omegoissani
elative omegastani omegoistani
illative omegaani omegoihini
adessive omegallani omegoillani
ablative omegaltani omegoiltani
allative omegalleni omegoilleni
essive omeganani omegoinani
translative omegakseni omegoikseni
abessive omegattani omegoittani
instructive — —
comitative — omegoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative omegasi omegasi
accusative nom. omegasi omegasi
gen. omegasi
genitive omegasi omegoidesi
omegoittesi
omegojesi
omegaisi rare
partitive omegaasi omegoitasi
omegojasi
inessive omegassasi omegoissasi
elative omegastasi omegoistasi
illative omegaasi omegoihisi
adessive omegallasi omegoillasi
ablative omegaltasi omegoiltasi
allative omegallesi omegoillesi
essive omeganasi omegoinasi
translative omegaksesi omegoiksesi
abessive omegattasi omegoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — omegoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative omegamme omegamme
accusative nom. omegamme omegamme
gen. omegamme
genitive omegamme omegoidemme
omegoittemme
omegojemme
omegaimme rare
partitive omegaamme omegoitamme
omegojamme
inessive omegassamme omegoissamme
elative omegastamme omegoistamme
illative omegaamme omegoihimme
adessive omegallamme omegoillamme
ablative omegaltamme omegoiltamme
allative omegallemme omegoillemme
essive omeganamme omegoinamme
translative omegaksemme omegoiksemme
abessive omegattamme omegoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — omegoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative omeganne omeganne
accusative nom. omeganne omeganne
gen. omeganne
genitive omeganne omegoidenne
omegoittenne
omegojenne
omegainne rare
partitive omegaanne omegoitanne
omegojanne
inessive omegassanne omegoissanne
elative omegastanne omegoistanne
illative omegaanne omegoihinne
adessive omegallanne omegoillanne
ablative omegaltanne omegoiltanne
allative omegallenne omegoillenne
essive omegananne omegoinanne
translative omegaksenne omegoiksenne
abessive omegattanne omegoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — omegoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative omegansa omegansa
accusative nom. omegansa omegansa
gen. omegansa
genitive omegansa omegoidensa
omegoittensa
omegojensa
omegainsa rare
partitive omegaansa omegoitaan
omegojaan
omegoitansa
omegojansa
inessive omegassaan
omegassansa 		omegoissaan
omegoissansa
elative omegastaan
omegastansa 		omegoistaan
omegoistansa
illative omegaansa omegoihinsa
adessive omegallaan
omegallansa 		omegoillaan
omegoillansa
ablative omegaltaan
omegaltansa 		omegoiltaan
omegoiltansa
allative omegalleen
omegallensa 		omegoilleen
omegoillensa
essive omeganaan
omeganansa 		omegoinaan
omegoinansa
translative omegakseen
omegaksensa 		omegoikseen
omegoiksensa
abessive omegattaan
omegattansa 		omegoittaan
omegoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — omegoineen
omegoinensa

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈmɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Hyphenation: o‧mè‧ga

Noun

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omega m or f (invariable)

  1. omega (letter; scientific symbol)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈmɛ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

Noun

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omega f

  1. omega (Greek letter Ω, ω)

Declension

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Declension of omega
singular plural
nominative omega omegi
genitive omegi omeg
dative omedze omegom
accusative omegę omegi
instrumental omegą omegami
locative omedze omegach
vocative omego omegi

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noun

Further reading

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  • omega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • omega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek ωμέγα (oméga).

Noun

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omega m (uncountable)

  1. omega

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declension of omega (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) omega omegaul
genitive/dative (unui) omega omegaului
vocative omegaule

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈmeɡa/ [oˈme.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

Noun

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omega f (plural omegas)

  1. omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω

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