Gamma (disambiguation)

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Gamma (Γ or γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.

Gamma may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Tropical Storm Gamma (2005), that made landfall in Honduras
  • Hurricane Gamma, that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula in 2020
  • Gamma correction, a property of images and video displays
  • Γ, the representation of molecular symmetry in inorganic chemistry

Computing

Mathematics

  • Euler's constant (γ), a mathematical constant
  • Gamma test (statistics) (γ) or Goodman and Kruskal's gamma, a statistical test
  • Gamma distribution (Γ), a probability distribution function
  • Gamma function (Γ), a mathematical function
  • P-adic gamma function (Γ), a mathematical function
  • Feferman–Schütte ordinal Γ0
  • Typing environment (Γ), within a type system

Physics

  • Gamma ray or gamma radiation (γ or γ {\displaystyle \gamma } ), an electromagnetic ray
  • Photon (γ), an elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic field
  • Propagation constant (γ), of an electromagnetic wave
  • Heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index (γ), the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant volume
  • Lorentz factor (γ), in relativity and astronomy
  • Gamma (eclipse) (γ), how central (how close to the middle of the body) an eclipse is
  • Shear strain (γ)
  • Surface tension (γ)
  • Body effect (γ), on threshold voltage in field-effect transistor technology
  • Christoffel symbols (Γ), in general relativity
  • Circulation (physics) (Γ)
  • Reflection coefficient (Γ), of a wave reflected by an impedance discontinuity
  • Decay width (Γ), of a particle in high-energy physics
  • GAMMA, an extensive air shower array in Armenia
  • γ, a non-SI unit of magnetic flux density, 1nT
  • γ, the third-brightest star of a constellation, in Bayer designation
  • Γ, center of the Brillouin zone

Biology and medicine

  • Gamma wave, a type of brain wave
  • Gamma-glutamyltransferase, a transferase present in the cell membranes of many tissues
  • SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant, one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
  • gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, a neurotransmitter and a depressant drug
  • gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane or Lindane, an organochlorine chemical and neurotoxin

Places

Transportation

Companies and organizations

Arts and entertainment

  • Gamma (band), American rock band
  • Gamma (miniseries), a 1975 Italian television miniseries
  • Gamma (wrestler), a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Dragon Gate promotion
  • Gamma chord, a type of musical chord
  • Gamma (album), a 2024 album by Gesaffelstein

Fictional entities

  • E-102 Gamma, one of the E-Series characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
  • Gamma Akutabi, a fictional character from the manga Zombiepowder.
  • Γ, the emblem of the character Waluigi in the Mario franchise
  • Gamma Metroids, an evolution of the Metroid species from the game Metroid II: Return of Samus
  • Gamma radiation, responsible for creation of, and the power source to, The Incredible Hulk and derivative characters

Linguistics

Other uses

See also

  • Gamma matrices, in mathematical physics
  • The Gamma People, a 1956 British-American film
  • Gama (disambiguation)
  • Gamma ray (disambiguation)
  • Grama (disambiguation)
  • Gam (disambiguation)
  • Gram (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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