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The Bayer designation naming scheme for stars typically uses the first Greek letter, α, for the brightest star in each constellation, and runs through the alphabet before switching to Latin letters. In mathematical finance , the Greeks are the variables denoted by Greek letters used to describe the risk of certain investments.
The Latin alphabet, together with various other ancient scripts in Italy, adopted from an archaic form of the Greek alphabet brought to Italy by Greek colonists in the late 8th century BC, via Etruscan; The Gothic alphabet, devised in the 4th century to write the Gothic language, based on a combination of Greek and Latin uncial models; [63]
Delta Middle Welsh (scholarly transcriptions) [9] /ð/ cf. Greek Δ δ: ᴇ: Small capital E FUT [2] /e̞̥/ ꬲ Blackletter E Teuthonista [4] ꬳ Barred E ꬴ E with flourish Ǝ ᴲ ǝ: Turned E Pan-Nigerian alphabet: Anii alphabet [11] / ə ~ ɨ / Awing alphabet [12] / e ~ ə / Kanuri alphabet [13] Lama alphabet [14] Lukpa alphabet [15] Turka ...
Variant kappa Greek word καί written with a handwritten variant of kappa, from the Byzantine period. Kappa (/ ˈ k æ p ə /; [1] uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ϰ; Greek: κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
Gamma (/ ˈ ɡ æ m ə /; [1] uppercase Γ, lowercase γ; Greek: γάμμα, romanized: gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek , the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop IPA: [ɡ] .
The term Latin alphabet may refer to either the alphabet used to write Latin (as described in this article) or other alphabets based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets descended from the classical Latin alphabet, such as the English alphabet.
Delta (/ ˈ d ɛ l t ə / DEL-tə; [1] uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Greek: δέλτα, délta, ) [2] is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals , it has a value of four.
The Latin letter gamma, Ɣ (minuscule: ɣ), is a letter used in some orthographies based on the Latin alphabet. Its shape, in uppercase and lowercase, is based on the lowercase shape of the Greek letter gamma (γ). Unlike the Greek gamma, the Latin gamma may have serifs.