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  2. Wavelength - Wikipedia

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    Wavelength is a characteristic of both traveling waves and standing waves, as well as other spatial wave patterns. [3] [4] The inverse of the wavelength is called the spatial frequency. Wavelength is commonly designated by the Greek letter lambda (λ).

  3. Lambda - Wikipedia

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    Lambda (/ ˈ l æ m d ə / ⓘ; [1] uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: λάμ(β)δα, lám(b)da) is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant IPA:. In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed.

  4. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    The OpenType font format has the feature tag "mgrk" ("Mathematical Greek") to identify a glyph as representing a Greek letter to be used in mathematical (as opposed to Greek language) contexts. The table below shows a comparison of Greek letters rendered in TeX and HTML. The font used in the TeX rendering is an italic style.

  5. Matter wave - Wikipedia

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    These quanta would have an energy given by the Planck–Einstein relation: = and a momentum vector | | = = =, where ν (lowercase Greek letter nu) and λ (lowercase Greek letter lambda) denote the frequency and wavelength of the light, c the speed of light, and h the Planck constant. [3]

  6. Wave function - Wikipedia

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    The most common symbols for a wave function are the Greek letters ... 1916 the corresponding relation between a photon's momentum and wavelength , =, [13] where ...

  7. List of Greek letters - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of letters of the Greek alphabet. The definition of a Greek letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode standard that a has script property of "Greek" and the general category of "Letter". An overview of the distribution of Greek letters is given in Greek script in Unicode.

  8. New South African COVID variant named after Greek letter omicron

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    The World Health Organization has named the new South African COVID-19 variant after the Greek letter omicron, a clear indication experts believe the mutated virus could prove to be a serious ...

  9. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    wavelength: meter (m) linear charge density: coulomb per meter (C/m) eigenvalue: non-zero vector: mu: magnetic moment: ampere square meter (A⋅m 2) coefficient of friction: unitless (dynamic) viscosity (also ) pascal second (Pa⋅s) permeability (electromagnetism) henry per meter (H/m) reduced mass: kilogram (kg)