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Gamma

noun

The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.

A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted.

Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524). Synonyms: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma.

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"Gamma" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the history of the idea will show you still better what pragmatism means. The term is derived from the same Greek word [pi rho alpha gamma mu alpha], meaning action, from which our words 'practice' and 'practical' come. It was first introduced into philosophy by Mr. Charles Peirce in 1878. In an article entitled 'How to Make Our Ideas Clear,' in the 'Popular Science Monthly' ...

— Pragmatism - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking • William James

... published compound bang addresses using the { } convention (see {glob}) to give paths from *several* big machines, in the hopes that one's correspondent might be able to get mail to one of them reliably (example: ...!{seismo, ut-sally, ihnp4}!rice!beta!gamma!me). Bang paths of 8 to 10 hops were not uncommon in 1981. Late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both transmission time and reliability, as messages would ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... have invented a system. To only the very brightest are proper names attached; others are noted according to the degree of their brightness, and called after the letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, etc. Our own word 'alphabet' comes, you know, from the first two letters of this Greek series. As this particular star is the brightest in the constellation Centaurus, it is called Alpha Centauri; and if ever you travel into the Southern Hemisphere ...

— The Children's Book of Stars • G.E. Mitton

Words linked to "Gamma" : Greek alphabet, alphabetic character, navigator, letter, letter of the alphabet, oersted, field strength unit