Definitions for omicron
ˈɒm ɪˌkrɒn, ˈoʊ mɪ-omi·cron

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. omicronnoun

   the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet

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1. omicronnoun

   the name for the 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.

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1. Omicron

   Omicron (; uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally 'small o': όμικρον from ὂ μικρόν ò mikrón, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin: . In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound [o] in contrast to omega [ɔː] and ου [oː]. In modern Greek, omicron represents the mid back rounded vowel /o̞/ , the same sound as omega. Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O.

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1. omicron

   Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, represented as uppercase 'Ο' and lowercase 'ο'. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 70. Moreover, recently, the term 'Omicron' has been used as a name assigned by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a variant of concern for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known to cause COVID-19.

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1. Omicron

   Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. It is rarely used in mathematics because it is indistinguishable from the Latin letters O, o and easily confused with the digit 0. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin . In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound in contrast to omega and ου. In modern Greek, omicron represents the sound. Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O. In Unicode the capital letter is codepoint U+039F and the lowercase is U+03BF. The upper-case letter of omicron was originally used in mathematics as a symbol for Big O notation, representing the asymptotic rate of growth of a function.

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1. Omicron

   ō-mī′kron, n. the short o in the Greek alphabet.

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1. OMICRON

   The Omicron Star System According To Astrology Is A Representative Of The Serpent Being Crowned.

   Occultism

   
   

   Submitted by mikelisa1979 on December 15, 2021  

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1. omicron

   The omicron symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the omicron symbol and its characteristic.

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Anagrams for omicron »

1. moronic

2. oncomir

How to pronounce omicron?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of omicron in a Sentence

1. Anthony Fauci:

   We're particularly worried about those who are in that unvaccinated class, that you know, tens and tens of millions of Americans who are eligible for vaccination who have not been vaccinated, those are the vulnerable ones when you have a virus that is extraordinarily effective in getting to people and effecting them the way Omicron is.

2. Rachel Campos-Duffy:

   Joe Biden is giving up and going to the beach, the president has no events today and instead is in Delaware for a holiday getaway, while omicron spikes all across the country.

3. Francis Collins:

   We still don't really know -- and there's some controversy about this -- whether Omicron causes the same kind of severity of disease or whether it's a somewhat milder form of the illness.

4. Michael Charness:

   Anthony Fauci clinical course underscores how much we need to learn about the optimal dosing and duration of antiviral treatment of Omicron infections. We also know little about the best management of severe rebound infection.

5. Rochelle Walensky:

   In looking at early data on transmissibility of Omicron from other countries, we expect to see the proportion of Omicron cases here in the United States continue to grow in the coming weeks, early data suggest that Omicron is more transmissible than Delta, with a doubling time of about two days.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=omicron
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Omicron
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=omicron
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=omicron