OMEGA


Meaning of OMEGA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ō-ˈmā-gə, -ˈmē-, -ˈme- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Greek ō mega, literally, large o

Date: 15th century

1. : the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet — see alphabet table

2. : the extreme or final part : end

reached the omega of his career

3.

a. : a negatively charged elementary particle that has a mass 3270 times the mass of an electron — called also omega minus

b. : a very short-lived unstable meson with mass 1532 times the mass of an electron — called also omega meson

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