gamma

/ˈɡæ.mə/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

large, strong

The radiation detector picked up a strong gamma signal from the contaminated site.

VERB + GAMMA

create, divides, doses, emanate, stars

The sun's surface creates gamma rays during massive solar flares.

GAMMA + NOUN

alpha, greek, letters, radiation, ray, rays, tom

The hospital used gamma rays to treat the patient's cancer.

PREP.

from

The radiation levels decreased significantly from gamma rays after the nuclear plant was shut down.

ADV.

sometimes, then

The old monitor sometimes displayed a gamma shift that made everything look too bright.

noun

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).

The letter Ɣɣ, used in the alphabets of several African languages, and in lowercase form in the IPA to represent a voiced velar fricative.

A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.

The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.

A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).

Our sales organization for Gamma is not strong.

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Alpha, beta and gamma are Greek letters.

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The gamma function is a generalization of the factorial function.

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When "alpha divides the product of beta and gamma" never fails to entail "alpha divides beta" or "alpha divides gamma," then alpha is prime.

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Stars emit gamma rays at the time of their explosion.

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Stars emanate gamma rays when they explode.

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