Gamma (disambiguation) explained
Gamma (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γ or Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.
Gamma may also refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
- Gamma software, a stage in the software release life cycle
- Elias gamma coding, in computer science, encoding, compression
Mathematics
Physics
), an electromagnetic ray
- Photon (γ), an elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic field
- Propagation constant (γ), of an electromagnetic wave
- Heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index (γ), the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant volume
- Lorentz factor (γ), in relativity and astronomy
- Gamma (eclipse) (γ), how central (how close to the middle of the body) an eclipse is
- Shear strain (γ)
- Surface tension (γ)
- Body effect (γ), on threshold voltage in field-effect transistor technology
- Christoffel symbols (Γ), in general relativity
- Circulation (physics) (Γ)
- Reflection coefficient (Γ), of a wave reflected by an impedance discontinuity
- Decay width (Γ), of a particle in high-energy physics
- GAMMA, an extensive air shower array in Armenia
- γ, a non-SI unit of magnetic flux density, 1nT
- γ, the third-brightest star of a constellation, in Bayer designation
- Γ, center of the Brillouin zone
Biology and medicine
Places
Transportation
Companies and organizations
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
- E-102 Gamma, one of the E-Series characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
- Gamma Akutabi, a fictional character from the manga Zombiepowder.
- Γ, the emblem of the character Waluigi in the Mario franchise
- Gamma Metroids, an evolution of the Metroid species from the game
- Gamma radiation, responsible for creation of, and the power source to, The Incredible Hulk and derivative characters
Linguistics
Other uses
See also