omicron (redirected from omicrons)

om·i·cron  (m-krn, m-)

n.

The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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[Middle English, from Greek o mkron, small o (because of its being a short vowel in Greek) : o, the letter o + mkron, neuter of mkros, small.]

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omicron [əʊˈmaɪkrɒn ˈɒmɪkrɒn]

n

(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 15th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ο, ο), a short vowel, transliterated as o

[from Greek ō mikron small o; see micro-, omega]

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omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"