Deriving from, and in part meaning small, what is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omicron Omicron Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o": όμικρον < ὂ μικρόν - "ò mikrón", micron meaning 'small' in contrast to "omega") is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin . In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound in contrast to "omega" and "ου" . In modern Greek, omicron represents the . Letters that arose from omicron include Roman O and Cyrillic O. The upper-case letter of omicron (O) was originally used in mathematics as a symbol for
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