"digamma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈɡæmə/ Forms: digammas [plural]
Rhymes: -æmə Etymology: di- + gamma, from its shape resembling two stacked capital gammas (Γ). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|di|gamma}} di- + gamma Head templates: {{en-noun}} digamma (plural digammas)
  1. Letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet: Ϝ, ϝ Wikipedia link: digamma Categories (topical): Greek letter names Coordinate_terms: digamma function Coordinate_terms (Archaic Greek alphabet; Next): zeta (alt: Ζ) Coordinate_terms (Archaic Greek alphabet; Previous): epsilon (alt: Ε) Translations (letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet): digamma [feminine] (Catalan), digamma [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), digamo (Esperanto), digamma (Finnish), digamma [masculine] (French), Digamma [neuter] (German), δίγαμμα (dígamma) [neuter] (Greek), digamma (Interlingua), digamma (Italian), digama (Malay), digamma (Polish), digama [masculine] (Portuguese), дига́мма (digámma) [feminine] (Russian)

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