Gamma (disambiguation)

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Gamma is a Greek letter. Used as a symbol or name it may refer to:

Contents 1 Language 2 Science and Mathematics 2.1 Unspecified 2.2 Lower case, γ 2.3 Upper case, Γ 3 Technology 4 Things and places 5 Popular culture

[edit] Language

• Latin gamma, used as an IPA symbol for voiced velar fricative, and in the alphabets of African languages.

[edit] Science and Mathematics

The Greek letter gamma is used in various areas of science and mathematics; Wikipedia articles relating to such uses are given below, categorised according to the case of gamma used (upper, lower, or unspecified).

[edit] Unspecified

• Gamma wave, a type of brain wave

[edit] Lower case, γ

• Gamma correction, a property of images and video displays
• Gamma ray, also Gamma radiation, an electromagnetic ray
• Adiabatic index, also known as the Heat capacity ratio, the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant volume.
• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, a narcotic (GHB)
• 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

[edit] Upper case, Γ

• Gamma distribution, a probability distribution function
• Gamma function, a mathematical function
• Christoffel symbol in General Relativity
• Circulation (fluid dynamics)
• reflection coefficient in electrical engineering
• mathematical finance, where it is a risk measure, or Greek
• center of the Brillouin zone
• The Feferman-Schütte_ordinal Γ₀

[edit] Technology

• Gamma software, in computer software and video game development
• GM Gamma platform - a subcompact automobile platform by General Motors
• Gamma correction, in video, graphics, color spaces, and photographic imaging
• Elias gamma coding, in computer science, encoding, compression
• Gamma design patterns, in computer science and software engineering
• Gamma, a British rocket engine

[edit] Things and places

• Tropical Storm Gamma, an Atlantic tropical storm
• Gamma-HCH, an insecticide

[edit] Popular culture

• Gamma is the stage name of Professional Wrestler Yoshito Sugamoto.
• Brave New World, where it is the third caste
• E-102 Gamma, a video game character
• Gamma (band), a rock band
• Mega Man 3, where the final boss is named "Gamma"
• Resident Evil (series), which has a monster called 'MA-124 Gamma Hunters'
• Tetris, where it is the name for the J tetromino
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, which has a one monster card named "Gamma the Magnet Warrior".
• Zombie Powder, which has a character Gamma Akutabi
• In the Earthbound, or Mother, series of Nintendo RPG games by Shigesato Itoi, γ (along with other Greek letters) is used as a classification of the strength of a PSI technique.

See Also Gama.