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Γ

Third letter of the Greek alphabet

Also known as γ · Gamma · ℽ · ℾ

Instance of: Greek letter
Part of: Greek alphabet

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Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop IPA: [ɡ]. In Modern Greek, this letter normally represents a voiced velar fricative IPA: [ɣ], except before either of the two front vowels, where it represents a voiced palatal fricative IPA: [ʝ]; while /g/ in foreign words is instead commonly transcribed as γκ).

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Unicode character: Γ applies to part: uppercase · unicode code point: 0393 · tex string: \Gamma
γ applies to part: lowercase letter · unicode code point: 03B3 · tex string: \gamma
Follows: beta
Followed by: delta
Based on: 𐤂
Different from: Ɣ
TeX string: \gamma
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1.tug.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
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