Meaning

7 senses
  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.

    Omega

    оме́гаoméga

    оме́гаoméha

    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet

  2. (capitalized, often)The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.

    alpha and omega

    O

  3. Angular velocity; symbol: ω.

  4. A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.

  5. (slang)An omega male.

  6. The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.

  7. (slang)In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Chia seeds contain a lot of omega-3 fatty acids.

    deChiasamen enthalten viel Omega-3-Fettsäuren.

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  2. Coldwater fish, notably salmon and sardines, are good sources of omega-3 acids.

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  3. A fireplace is a family hearth, the alpha and omega of comfort and home.

    ruКамин — это семейный очаг, альфа и омега уюта и домашнего очага.

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  4. Fish is considered a good source of omega threes, fatty acids thought to be beneficial to health.

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  5. I know Omega Mart's exceptional customers song.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
letter of the Greek alphabet:
Русский
By meaning 1
letter of the Greek alphabet:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
letter of the Greek alphabet:
the end; final or last in a sequence:

Origin

From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a lon

From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).

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Forms

plural: omegas / omegala
Singularomega
Pluralomegas / omegala

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
measure of derivative price sensitivity:elasticityC2lambda
Close in meaning
  • the ending of a series or sequence:Z

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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