Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Omega"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Omega
(Rev. 1:8), the last letter in the Greek alphabet. (See {A}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Omega \O*me"ga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, i.e., the great or long o.
Cf. {Mickle}.]
1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See {Alpha}.
2. The last; the end; hence, death.
``Omega! thou art Lord,'' they said. --Tennyson.
{Alpha and Omega}, the beginning and the ending; hence, the
chief, the whole. --Rev. i. 8.
The alpha and omega of science. --Sir J.
Herschel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
omega
n 1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the
Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the
end"--Revelation [syn: {Z}]
2: the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
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