GREEK ALPHABET AND SCIENCE
Physics 2013TCS
Background Greek letters are not only fundamental to
our writing system and language, but also to our scientific and mathematic communities as they are often used to symbolize certain concepts.
As this will be extremely important to your year’s work, you should take excellent notes on everything important!
Αα Alpha
Angular Acceleration (physics) Thermal coefficient of expansion
(chemistry) Helium atom (chemistry and physics)
Γγ Gamma
gamma radiation (physics and chemistry)
Surface energy in (materials science) the Lorentz factor in theory of relativity
(physics) The heat capacity ratio Cp/Cv in
thermodynamics (physics) The activity coefficient in
thermodynamics (physics) And many more….
Εε Epsilon
Arbitrarily small positive quantity (math) Limit Ordinal in set theory (math) Ratio of extension (physics) Electromagnetic field of a circuit (physics) The brightest star in a constellation
(astronomy) And many more…
Ζζ Zeta
Damping ratio of a spring (physics) Effective nuclear charge (chemistry) Heat flux through a plane (materials
science) Lag angle through a blade (engineering) And many more…
Ηη Eta
Refractive index (physics) 7th Brightest star in a constellation
(astronomy) Elasticity (economics) DNA polymerase found in higher
eukaryotic cells(biology) And many more…
Θθ Theta Plane angle (math and physics) Population mutation rate (biology) Earth day (earth science) Brain signal frequency (neurobiology) And many more…
Ιι Iota
Used in APL and Go programming (Computer science)
Imaginary #s (math) Unit vector (math and statistics)
Κκ Kappa
Compressibility of a compound (Chemistry)
Opioid receptors (pharmacology) Torsional constant (physics) Diagnostic reliability (psychology) And more…
Λλ Lambda
Symbol for ‘Aphex Twin’ (Pop Music) Wavelength (Physics) Conductance of a electrolyte solution
(chem) Radioactive decay constant (physics) Charge density (physics) Type of particle (physics and chemistry) King Louis XIII ‘s monogram and the
symbol for the Spartan Army (History And many more…
Μμ Mu
Coefficient of friction (physics) Magnetic dipole moment (physics) Important opioid receptor (pharmacology) Symbol for muon particle (physics and
chem) Average population (statistics) Mu major cord (music) And many more…
Νν Nu
Stoichometric coefficient (chemistry) DNA polymerase in higher eukaryotes
(biology) Degree of freedom (statistics) Frequency (physics) And many more…
Ξξ Xi
Important part of protein in embryonic red blood cells (biology)
A universal set (set theory) And many more…
Οο Omicron
13th star in a constellation Planet in Futurama and Star Trek
Ππ Pi
Hopefully we know what this is… Ratio of circumference to diameter (math
and physics) A type of elementary particle: pi meson
(physics) Osmotic pressure (chemistry) Profit (economics) And more…
Ρρ Rho
Density (physics) Resistivity (physics) Charge density (physics) Discount rate (economics) Important RNA protein (biology) And many more
Σσς Sigma
Type of bond (chemistry) Type of receptor (biology) Boltzmann constant (physics) Surface tension (physics) Electrical conductivity (physics) And more…
Ττ Tau
Torque (physics) Tau lepton particle (physics) Specific tax amount (economics) Type of chicken (jk) Golden ratio (math) And more…
Υυ Upsilon
Type of particle (physics) A type of car One other nonsensical thing…
Φφ Phi
Electrical potential (physics) Work (physics) Angle of friction or second angle
mentioned (math and physics) An aromatic containing compound
(chemistry) And more…
Χχ Chi
Abbreviation for Christ 600 Frequently used in statistics
Ψψ Psi
Wave function (physics) Type of meson particle (physics) Freaky rare acid symbol and specific
angle in proteins (biochemistry) A type of sword (killing) And more…
Ωω Omega
The end (whew!) Ohm or resistance (physics) Angular velocity (physics) A type of baryon particle (physics) Density of the universe (astronomy) Oxygen-18 (chemistry) And more…
Other Characters San (M) Digamma (F) Stigma Qoppa Sampi Sho Heta Tsan
Hmmm… Perhaps a quiz next time…. Remember… I only focus on what’s
IMPORTANT, just like you should have in your notes!
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