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Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.
Gamma may also refer to:
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Science and mathematics
General
- Gamma wave, a type of brain wave
- Latin gamma (ɣ), used as an IPA symbol for voiced velar fricative, and in the alphabets of African languages
- Tropical Storm Gamma (2005), an Atlantic tropical storm
Lower case, γ
- Gamma correction, a property of images and video displays
- Gamma ray, also gamma radiation, an electromagnetic ray
- Adiabatic index or heat capacity ratio, the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant volume
- gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, a narcotic (GHB)
- Lindane or gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, an insecticide
- Bayer designation, the third brightest star
- Euler–Mascheroni constant, a mathematical constant
- Photon, seen as an elementary particle in physics
- Lorentz factor in relativity theory and astronomy
- Propagation constant of an electromagnetic wave
- Voiced velar fricative in phonetics
- Body effect on threshold voltage in field-effect transistor technology
- Used to denote shear strain or surface tension in engineering
Upper case, Γ
- Gamma distribution, a probability distribution function
- Gamma function, a mathematical function
- Christoffel symbols in general relativity
- Circulation (fluid dynamics)
- Reflection coefficient in electrical engineering
- The rate of change of the delta in the Greeks (finance)
- Center of the Brillouin zone
- Feferman–Schütte ordinal Γ0
Technology
- Gamma software, a stage in the software release life cycle
- Gamma correction, in video, graphics, color spaces, and photographic imaging
- Elias gamma coding, in computer science, encoding, compression
- GM Gamma platform, a subcompact automobile platform by General Motors
- Bristol Siddeley Gamma, a family of British rocket engines
- Design Patterns, a software engineering book by Erich Gamma et al.
Popular culture
- Gamma (band), a rock band
- E-102 Gamma, one of the E-Series characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games
See also
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