Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gamma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gamma \Gam"ma\, n.
The third letter ([Gamma], [gamma] = Eng. G) of the Greek
alphabet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gamma
n 1: the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
2: a unit of magnetic field strength equal to
one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
3: 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)
[syn: {da Gamma}, {Vasco da Gamma}, {Gamma}]
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