omicron

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒmɪkɹɒn/|/ˈɒmɪkɹən/|/ˈəʊmɪkɹɒn/|/əʊˈmaɪkɹɒn/|/əʊˈmaɪkɹən/|/əˈmaɪkɹɒn/|/əˈmaɪkɹən/    美 /ˈoʊməˌkɹɑn/|/ˈoʊmɪˌkɹɑn/|/ˈɑməˌkɹɑn/|/ˈɑmɪˌkɹɑn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming (astronomy) the 15th star of a constellation or (epidemiology) the 15th discovered major variant of a disease. capitalized,sometimes
    — Your Majestie knows that unfortunate I [...] was the first who when I published my Poem of Italia Liberata endeavoured to bring the Omicron, Eupselon, Omega, and other Greek Letters, which I thought very requisite for that language, into my own Tongue;
  2. Ellipsis of Omicron variant. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable

词形变化

omicrons plural omicra plural Omicron alternative omikron alternative Omikron alternative o alternative O alternative Ο alternative ο alternative Omicron alternative omikron alternative Omikron alternative o alternative O alternative Ο alternative ο alternative

词源

词源 1
From Latin omicron, from Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), named in contrast with omega (“big o”). The uncommon form omicra is similarly borrowed from Latin and Greek. The use for designating stars in a constellation—typically in order of apparent brightness—began with Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria.
词源 2
From Latin omicron, from Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), named in contrast with omega (“big o”). The uncommon form omicra is similarly borrowed from Latin and Greek. The use for designating stars in a constellation—typically in order of apparent brightness—began with Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria.
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