omicron
suomi-englanti sanakirjaomicron englannista suomeksi
omikron
Substantiivi
omicron englanniksi
The 15th letter of the Greek|Classical and Greek alphabets (16th in Greek|Ancient and Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming the 15th star of a constellation or the 15th discovered major variant of a disease.
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1992 July, ''Astronomy Now'', No. 36, p. 1:
- ... They include Mira itself (omicron Ceti) which can be seen shortly before dawn.
(quote-web) tracking page. Some other variants with Greek letters do not reach those classification levels, and the W.H.O. also skipped two letters just before Omicron — “Nu” and “Xi” — leading to speculation about whether “Xi” was avoided in deference to the Chinese president, (w).|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327214134/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/world/africa/omicron-covid-greek-alphabet.html
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(l) (gloss)
(l) (Greek letter)