omicron
Collocations
4ADJ.
covid-19, replaced, variant
VERB + OMICRON
bring, include
OMICRON + NOUN
ceti, eupselon, omega
ADV.
rapidly
Definitions
noun
The 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming (astronomy) the 15th star of a constellation or (epidemiology) the 15th discovered major variant of a disease.
Your Majestie knows that unfortunate I [...] was the first who when I published my Poem of Italia Liberata endeavoured to bring the Omicron, Eupselon, Omega, and other Greek Letters, which I thought very requisite for that language, into my own Tongue;
The E serves both for the Epsilon and Eta; the O, both for the Omicron and Omega, and likewise for the dipthong OΥ.
noun
Ellipsis of Omicron variant.
noun
Ellipsis of Omicron variant.
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6Your Majestie knows that unfortunate I [...] was the first who when I published my Poem of Italia Liberata endeavoured to bring the Omicron, Eupselon, Omega, and other Greek Letters, which I thought v
WiktionaryThe E serves both for the Epsilon and Eta; the O, both for the Omicron and Omega, and likewise for the dipthong OΥ.
Wiktionary... They include Mira itself (omicron Ceti) which can be seen shortly before dawn.
WiktionaryThanks to covid-19, we'll eventually learn the Greek alphabet. The letter of the month is omicron.
Tatoeba · #10566509Omicron is spreading rapidly.
Tatoeba · #10606923They say that the covid-19 omicron variant is as contagious as measles.
Tatoeba · #10619407