"upsilon" meaning in English

See upsilon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /juːpˈsaɪ.lən/ [UK], /ˈʌp.sɪˌlɒn/ [UK], /ˈjup.sɪˌlɑn/ [US], /ˈʌp.sɪˌlɑn/ [US], /ˈup.sɪˌlɑn/ [US], /ˈ(j)up.sɪˌlɒn/ [Canada], /(j)ɪu̯p-/ [Canada] Audio: En-us-upsilon.ogg Forms: upsilons [plural], upsila [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón, “simple Υ”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὖ ψιλόν||simple Υ}} Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón, “simple Υ”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|upsila}} upsilon (plural upsilons or upsila)
  1. The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (letter of the Greek alphabet): ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), أُبْسِلُون (ʔubsilūn) [masculine] (Arabic), أُبْسِيلُون (ʔubsilūn) [masculine] (Arabic), ípsilon (Asturian), ípsilon [feminine] (Catalan), 宇普西龍 /宇普西龙 (yǔpǔxīlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 埃普西隆 (āipǔxīlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), ypsilon [neuter] (Czech), ypsilon [neuter] (Danish), upsilon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ypsilon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), upsilono (Esperanto), üpsilon (Estonian), ypsilon (Finnish), upsilon [masculine] (French), Ypsilon [neuter] (German), ύψιλον (ýpsilon) [neuter] (Greek), אִיפְּסִילוֹן (ípsilon) [feminine] (Hebrew), üpszilon (Hungarian), ypsilon (Interlingua), upsalón [masculine] (Irish), ipsilon (Italian), ユプシロン (yupushiron) (Japanese), ウプシロン (upushiron) (Japanese), 입실론 (ipsillon) (Korean), upsilon (Malay), ípsilon [masculine] (Portuguese), hipsilo [masculine] (Portuguese), ipsilone [masculine] (Portuguese), ipsilão [masculine] (Portuguese), и́псилон (ípsilon) [masculine] (Russian), ypsilon [masculine] (Slovak), ípsilon (Spanish), ypsilon [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-upsilon-en-noun-miv3lego Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 79 21 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'letter of the Greek alphabet': 85 15
  2. (physics) An upsilon meson, or bottomonium. Categories (topical): Subatomic particles
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ypsilon [uncommon] Derived forms: upsilon particle Related terms: Previous: tau [Greek, letter], Next: phi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "입실론"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "sv",
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}

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