"sigma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡmə/ Audio: En-us-sigma.ogg [US] Forms: sigmas [plural], sigmata [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡmə Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma), σίγμα (sígma), probably from the root sig- as seen in σίζω (sízō) (< sig-yo "to hiss") + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|σῖγμα}} Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma), {{m|grc|σίγμα}} σίγμα (sígma), {{m|grc|σίζω}} σίζω (sízō), {{m|grc|-μα}} -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sigmata}} sigma (plural sigmas or sigmata)
  1. The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (letter of the Greek alphabet): σῖγμα (sîgma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), سِيغْمَا (sīḡmā) [feminine] (Arabic), سِقْما (sigma) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), sigma [feminine] (Catalan), 西格瑪 (Chinese Mandarin), 西格玛 (Chinese Mandarin), 西格馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 西格马 (xīgémǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), sigma [neuter] (Czech), sigma [masculine] (Dutch), sigmo (Esperanto), sigma (Finnish), sigma [masculine] (French), sigma [masculine] (Galician), Sigma [neuter] (German), σίγμα (sígma) [neuter] (Greek), סִיגְמָא (sígma) [feminine] (Hebrew), szigma (Hungarian), sigma (Interlingua), sigme [feminine] (Irish), シグマ (shiguma) (Japanese), 시그마 (sigeuma) (Korean), sigma (Malay), hikama (Maori), سیگما (sigmâ) (Persian), sigma [feminine] (Polish), sigma [masculine] (Portuguese), си́гма (sígma) [feminine] (Russian), sigma [neuter] (Slovak), sigma [feminine] (Spanish), sigma (Swedish), ซิกมา (sík-mâa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-sigma-en-noun-5AM2l5TN Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 37 9 18 36 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 7 22 34 Disambiguation of 'letter of the Greek alphabet': 72 6 7 15
  2. (mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-sigma-en-noun-OWtIOZLG Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution. Categories (topical): Statistics, Greek letter names Derived forms (within one sigma): the range from the mean, plus, minus one standard deviation, usually covering 68% of the data points in a normal distribution
    Sense id: en-sigma-en-noun-Us2q2ajv Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 37 9 18 36 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 7 22 34 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'within one sigma': 7 11 76 6
  4. Clipping of sigma male. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: sigma male Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-sigma-en-noun-bOVg4NGC Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 37 9 18 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 5 15 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 7 22 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 10 16 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delta-sigma converter, final sigma, lunate sigma, sigma additivity, sigma bond, sigma darner (taxonomic: Austroaeschna sigma), sigma-delta converter, sigmalike, sigma male, sigmatic, sigmatism

Inflected forms

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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-μα"
      },
      "expansion": "-μα (-ma)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma), σίγμα (sígma), probably from the root sig- as seen in σίζω (sízō) (< sig-yo \"to hiss\") + -μα (-ma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sigmas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigmata",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "sigmata"
      },
      "expansion": "sigma (plural sigmas or sigmata)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "\"Herodotus: On The Customs of the Persians\", I.139",
          "text": "Their names, which are expressive of some bodily or mental excellence, all end with the same letter---the letter which is called San by the Dorians, and Sigma by the Ionians.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Classical",
          "Classical Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Modern Greek",
          "Modern Greek"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "Old",
          "Old Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Ancient",
          "Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "summation",
          "summation"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Statistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2011, Paul Rincon, (bbc.co.uk) LHC: Higgs boson 'may have been glimpsed'\nNone of the spikes seen by the experiments is at much more than the \"two sigma\" level of certainty.\nA level of \"five sigma\" is required to claim a discovery, meaning there is less than a one in a million chance the data spike is down to a statistical fluke."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ],
        [
          "standard deviation",
          "standard deviation"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "normal distribution",
          "normal distribution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "sigma male"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of sigma male."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sigma male",
          "sigma male#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡmə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡmə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sigma.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-us-sigma.ogg/En-us-sigma.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/En-us-sigma.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sīḡmā",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سِيغْمَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sigma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "سِقْما"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "西格瑪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "西格玛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "西格馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīgémǎ",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "西格马"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "sigmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sígma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σίγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sîgma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σῖγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sígma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סִיגְמָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "szigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sigme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiguma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "シグマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sigeuma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "시그마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "hikama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sigmâ",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "سیگما"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sígma",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́гма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "sigma"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sík-mâa",
      "sense": "letter of the Greek alphabet",
      "word": "ซิกมา"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sigma"
}

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