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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.
The symbol in Americanist phonetic notation for the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is the Greek letter lambda λ , but ɬ in the IPA. The IPA symbol for the palatal lateral approximant is ʎ , which looks similar to lambda, but is actually an inverted lowercase y .
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.
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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.
All forms of the Greek alphabet were originally based on the shared inventory of the 22 symbols of the Phoenician alphabet, with the exception of the letter Samekh, whose Greek counterpart Xi (Ξ) was used only in a subgroup of Greek alphabets, and with the common addition of Upsilon (Υ) for the vowel /u, ū/.
Wavelength is commonly designated by the Greek letter lambda (λ). The carrier wavelength applies to modulated waves; the term "wavelength" may also apply to the repeating envelope of modulated waves or waves formed by interference of several sinusoids. [5]
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.