"final sigma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: final sigmas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} final sigma (plural final sigmas)
  1. The form of the Greek letter sigma only ever used as the last letter of a word: ς. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Related terms: lunate sigma Translations (form of the Greek letter sigma): σίγμα τελικό (sígma telikó) (Greek)

Inflected forms

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