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Gamma

noun

The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.

A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted.

Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524). Synonyms: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma.

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"Gamma" Quotes from Famous Books

... aerial stretched; the "lead-in" wires being connected to the middle of the aerial. This is known as an "umbrella aerial." Since we were without one short mast it was resolved to erect a "directive" [capital gamma gjc]-shaped aerial. The mainmast was to be in two instead of three lengths, and we wondered if the aerial would be high enough. In any case, it was so calm early on the 11th that we ventured to erect the topmast and had hauled it half-way, ...

— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson

... Irrefragabilis, Or any doctor of the rabble is. In languages, the Polyglots, Compared to him, were Babelsots: He chattered more than ever Jew did;— Sanhedrim and Priest included, Priest and holy Sanhedrim Were one-and-seventy fools to him. But chief the learned demon felt a Zeal so strong for gamma, delta, That, all for Greek and learning's glory,[6] He nightly tippled "Graeco more," And never paid a bill or balance Except upon the Grecian Kalends:— From whence your scholars, when they want tick, Say, to be Attic's to be on ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... A Failure.—Gamma made his first application to the Charity Organization Society seven years ago, at a time when it was even more difficult than now to find volunteer visitors who were intelligent and faithful enough to make a careful study of the ...

— Friendly Visiting among the Poor - A Handbook for Charity Workers • Mary Ellen Richmond

... Two rays from the Sun falling on the Prism at B [beta]. and thence partly reflected towards C & [gamma]. and partly refracted towards ...

— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle

... a gamma to my house," said Katie, passing her little fingers over Mrs. Read's white kerchief; "but um don't have hang-fiss on ...

— Dotty Dimple At Home • Sophie May

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