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Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.
The symbol ϵ (U+03F5) is designated specifically for the lunate form, used as a technical symbol. The symbol ϑ ("script theta") is a cursive form of theta (θ), frequent in handwriting, and used with a specialized meaning as a technical symbol. The symbol ϰ ("kappa symbol") is a cursive form of kappa (κ), used as a technical symbol.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Symbol: Pyramid, Rail Section: Publication: ... It was founded at the University of Nebraska in 1904 and merged with Tau Beta ...
The following is a Unicode collation algorithm list of Greek characters and those Greek-derived characters that are sorted alongside them. [2] [3] [4]Most of the characters of the blocks listed above are included, except for the Ancient Greek Numbers, Ancient Symbols and Ancient Greek Musical Notation.
Beta Beta: November 14, 1947 University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas: Active [12] Beta Gamma: April 15, 1948 Bradley University: Peoria, Illinois: Active [20] Beta Delta: May 22, 1948 University of Puget Sound: Tacoma, Washington: Active [23] Beta Epsilon: November 5, 1948 University of Evansville: Evansville, Indiana: Active [10] Beta Zeta ...
Alpha is the name given to the founding chapter at New York University, followed by Beta at the University of Denver for the second chapter, then Gamma, and so on. Once the Greek alphabet had been exhausted by using single letters, two-letter names began to be issued, starting with Alpha Beta, then Alpha Gamma, then Alpha Delta, etc.
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Gamma Phi Beta was founded in 1874 and with it came the term "sorority", which was coined for it at the time of its founding. (Prior to that, women's Greek-letter organizations used the term "women's fraternity", since no more appropriate term existed.) Alpha Gamma Delta completed the triad in 1904. The three sororities maintain social bonds.