OMEGA
What does "OMEGA" mean?
The twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet, often used to mean the end or final point of something.
Meanings
- The last letter of the Greek alphabet, written as the capital and lowercase symbols for omega. The fraternity's name began with alpha and ended with omega.
- The end, last, or ultimate point of something; the opposite of the beginning. They called the final report the omega of years of research. figurative
- A symbol used in science for specific quantities, such as the ohm in electrical resistance and angular velocity in physics. He labelled the resistor's value with the omega sign for ohms. technical
Did you know?
- Omega literally means 'great O': the Greeks named it to mark a long O sound, in deliberate contrast with 'omicron', the 'little O', earlier in their alphabet.
- That same omega sign you see on a resistor stands for the ohm, the unit of electrical resistance - the last Greek letter doing quiet duty in every circuit diagram.
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."— Book of Revelation
Word origin
From Greek 'o mega', literally 'great O' or 'big O', so named to distinguish the long vowel from 'omicron', the 'little O'.
Remember it
OMEGA = 'O' + 'mega'; the 'mega' literally means great, marking it the big, final O of the alphabet.
A little poem
Last letter, last breath-
the alphabet leans on you
and then lets it go.
haiku
What it teaches
Every alphabet needs an omega; a thing without an ending is not a story, only a list.
Quick facts
What does OMEGA mean?
The twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet, often used to mean the end or final point of something.
Is OMEGA a valid word?
Yes — OMEGA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OMEGA?
OMEGA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does OMEGA come from?
From Greek 'o mega', literally 'great O' or 'big O', so named to distinguish the long vowel from 'omicron', the 'little O'.
What can OMEGA teach us?
Every alphabet needs an omega; a thing without an ending is not a story, only a list.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.