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Digamma
Digamma Di*gam"ma, n. [Gr. ?; ? = ? twice + ? the letter ?. So
called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the
other.] (Gr. Gram.)
A letter (?, ?) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into
disuse.
Note: This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in
sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was
pronounced, probably, much like the English W.
Meaning of DIGAMMA from wikipedia
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Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an
archaic letter of the Gr**** alphabet. It
originally stood for the
sound /w/ but it has remained...
- In mathematics, the
digamma function is
defined as the
logarithmic derivative of the
gamma function: ψ ( z ) = d d z ln Γ ( z ) = Γ ′ ( z ) Γ ( z )...
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functional values of the
classic eta
versus epsilon system. The
letter Digamma (Ϝ) for the
sound /w/ was
generally used only in
those local scripts where...
- from
digamma and
closely resembles it in form.
After sound changes eliminated /w/ from most
dialects of Gr**** (Doric Gr****
retained it),
digamma was used...
- 6. In this
unrelated function, it is a
continuation of the old
letter digamma (originally Ϝ,
cursive form ),
which had
served as a
numeral since antiquity...
-
symbols in mathematics, in
particular for ε/ϵ and π/ϖ. The
archaic letter digamma (Ϝ/ϝ/ϛ) is
sometimes used. The
Bayer designation naming scheme for stars...
- epsilon). A
doublet of waw was also
borrowed as a
consonant for [w] (Ϝ,
digamma). In addition, the
Phoenician letter for the
emphatic glottal /ħ/ (heth)...
- from the
Phoenician waw. The
letter was adapted, but
split in two, with
Digamma or wau ⟨Ϝ⟩
being adapted to
represent [w], and the
second one
being Upsilon...
- so the 24-letter
alphabet was
extended by
using three obsolete letters:
digamma ϝ (also used are
stigma ϛ or, in
modern Gr****, στ) for 6,
qoppa ϙ for 90...
- The
hypothetical particle was
denoted by the Gr****
letter Ϝ (pronounced
digamma) in the
scientific literature,
owing to the
decay channel in
which the...
